Word: modularity
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...squirrel, a rabbit, two French poodles, a parakeet and two ring-necked doves, the house is, says Noyes, "a very hard-boiled piece of architecture." It is basically two houses set in a rectangle formed by side walls of fieldstone and glass. Carried out in a strict modular pattern (columns and girders joining at 11-ft. intervals), the design provides for living and working areas in one house, sleeping quarters in the other, which includes a laundry and small extra kitchen. The two parts are connected by open, roofed-over passageways. In winter, says Noyes, "it never fails...
Flexibility of use was obtained by adopting the modular system of construction. This in practice, came about by constructing the interior of the library in uniform units of space, 18-feet by 24-feet, and bounded at the four corners by supporting columns. These dimensions were chosen because of their suitability for the open stacks, and seminar, office and carrel arrangements...