{"id":11513,"date":"2026-02-07T11:56:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T10:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/patio-houses-famous-architects-and-the-grammar-of-the-habitable-void\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T11:56:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T10:56:40","slug":"patio-houses-famous-architects-and-the-grammar-of-the-habitable-void","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/en\/patio-houses-famous-architects-and-the-grammar-of-the-habitable-void\/","title":{"rendered":"Patio houses: famous architects and the grammar of the habitable void"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"448\" data-end=\"1003\"> The <strong data-start=\"451\" data-end=\"467\"> patio houses <\/strong> are homes organized around an open internal courtyard: a central void, open to the sky, which is not an &#8220;accessory garden&#8221; but a <strong data-start=\"613\" data-end=\"632\"> primary room <\/strong> . It is from that void that the house takes air and light; that&#8217;s where the routes are defined; it is there that the distance &#8211; always delicate &#8211; between what is public and what remains private is measured. The patio is, in typological terms, a <strong data-start=\"855\" data-end=\"884\"> climatic and social heart <\/strong>: it distributes, protects, illuminates. It allows you to live &#8220;outdoors&#8221; without exposing yourself, transforming intimacy into a project. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1005\" data-end=\"1615\"> The patio house was born as an evolutionary response to two constraints that run through the history of living &#8211; <strong data-start=\"1107\" data-end=\"1116\"> climate <\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1119\" data-end=\"1130\"> privacy <\/strong> &#8211; and which, in different contexts, generate surprisingly similar solutions. Research on the Mesopotamian house indicates the emergence of the central courtyard plan around the <strong data-start=\"1305\" data-end=\"1327\"> third millennium BC. <\/strong>, with examples in cities such as <strong data-start=\"1354\" data-end=\"1360\"> Ur <\/strong> and other settlements in the area. Even the civilization of the <strong data-start=\"1419\" data-end=\"1438\"> Indus Valley <\/strong> shows houses in which a courtyard open to the sky becomes a light and ventilation device for the rooms arranged around it, as reported by the excavations of <strong data-start=\"1598\" data-end=\"1614\"> Mohenjo-daro <\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1617\" data-end=\"2252\"> From then on the theme never stops transforming: in the Greco-Roman world the <strong data-start=\"1695\" data-end=\"1704\"> domus <\/strong> stages the courtyard in the sequence <strong data-start=\"1746\" data-end=\"1766\"> atrium\/peristyle <\/strong>, as an infrastructure of representation and daily life, with a spatial clarity that remains a lesson in domestic direction. In other words, the patio house is a millennial typology because it is a robust idea: it does not promise &#8220;view&#8221;, it builds <strong data-start=\"2013\" data-end=\"2023\"> measurement <\/strong> , <strong data-start=\"2025\" data-end=\"2034\"> rhythm <\/strong> , <strong data-start=\"2036\" data-end=\"2047\"> breath <\/strong> . And it is also for this reason that, when we enter the <strong data-start=\"2099\" data-end=\"2139\"> patio houses of famous architects <\/strong>, we will not talk about nostalgia for the archetype, but about a still current grammar: that of the <strong data-start=\"2232\" data-end=\"2251\"> habitable void <\/strong>. <\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"2307\" data-end=\"2345\"> the patio as a design tool <\/h2>\n<p> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10851\" src=\"https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Case-a-patio-famose.jpg\" alt=\"Case a patio famose\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Case-a-patio-famose.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Case-a-patio-famose-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Case-a-patio-famose-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Case-a-patio-famose-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Case-a-patio-famose-370x247.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/> <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2347\" data-end=\"2784\"> A patio does not &#8220;work&#8221; by presence, but by <strong data-start=\"2392\" data-end=\"2407\"> proportion <\/strong> . It is a question of geometry and section even before it is of atmosphere: width and height of the wings, relationship with the openings, control of radiation in the seasons, ability to trigger natural ventilation. In summary, the patio is a spatial technology: it produces comfort not with the system, but with the orientation, with the shade, with the distance, with the material. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2786\" data-end=\"3249\"> On the level of experience, the patio introduces a fertile paradox: the more introverted the house, the brighter it can become. Light does not enter &#8220;from outside&#8221; in an undifferentiated way; is <strong data-start=\"2968\" data-end=\"2980\"> filtered <\/strong>, it becomes time and measure. The internal courtyard, in fact, does not only illuminate: <strong data-start=\"3058\" data-end=\"3068\"> it orders <\/strong>. It makes the house legible as a sequence of thresholds &#8211; rooms, porticoes, passages &#8211; and allows you to build privacy without closing yourself off, because what opens is not the street, but the sky. <\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"95\"> Patio houses, famous architects: 7 iconic works in which the courtyard is a &#8220;room&#8221; and device <\/h2>\n<p>The patio can be a quiet and almost monastic center, or a central domestic garden; it can be dry \u0093empty\u0094 or dense landscape; it can be a rigorous rule or a sensorial story. Here are 7 iconic works whose courtyard is a real room to live in.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"95\"> Patio houses by famous architects: Azuma House (Row House), Tadao Ando, Osaka (1975\u00961976) <\/h3>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Case-a-patio-di-architetti-famosi-Azuma-House-Row-House-Tadao-Ando-Osaka-1975\u00961976.jpg\" alt=\"Case a patio di architetti famosi Azuma House (Row House), Tadao Ando, Osaka (1975\u00961976)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/> <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1050\" data-end=\"2241\"> <span data-start=\"1066\" data-end=\"1102\"> Among the <strong> c <\/strong> <\/span> <strong> patio houses of famous architects <\/strong>, the <strong data-start=\"1107\" data-end=\"1122\"> Azuma House <\/strong> by <strong data-start=\"1126\" data-end=\"1140\"> Tadao Ando <\/strong> is one of the most cited examples because it transforms the <strong data-start=\"1191\" data-end=\"1209\"> central patio <\/strong> into a true <em data-start=\"1222\" data-end=\"1240\"> climatic room <\/em> and in a project device. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1050\" data-end=\"2241\"> On a narrow lot in the urban fabric of <strong data-start=\"1316\" data-end=\"1325\"> Osaka <\/strong> , the system is built by subtraction: three bays in sequence \u0097 environment \/ <strong data-start=\"1404\" data-end=\"1432\"> open internal courtyard <\/strong> \/ environment \u0097 where the void does not complete the house, the <strong data-start=\"1485\" data-end=\"1496\"> governs <\/strong> . Circulation is part of the thesis: to connect the living and sleeping areas you cross the patio, so the house forces you to measure light, rain, wind and seasons as architectural material. From a performance point of view, the courtyard works as <strong data-start=\"1749\" data-end=\"1766\"> a well of light <\/strong> and an air chamber: it deeply illuminates an otherwise introverted volume, promotes ventilation and makes the section legible. Privacy is also &#8220;typological&#8221; rather than decorative: the fa\u00e7ade facing the street remains controlled, while the opening is moved inside, where the <strong data-start=\"2043\" data-end=\"2069\"> open-air courtyard <\/strong> becomes the true domestic front. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1050\" data-end=\"2241\"> Therefore, it is a patio house not because it &#8220;has a courtyard&#8221;, but because the courtyard is the element that organizes space, microclimate and intimacy. <\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"95\"> Patio houses by famous architects: Casa Gilardi, Luis Barrag\u00e1n, Mexico City (Tacubaya, 1975\u00961977) <\/h3>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Casa-Gilardi-Luis-Barragan-Citta-del-Messico-Tacubaya-1975\u00961977.jpg\" alt=\"Casa Gilardi, Luis Barrag\u00e1n, Citt\u00e0 del Messico (Tacubaya, 1975\u00961977)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/> <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"97\" data-end=\"1819\"> <strong data-start=\"149\" data-end=\"165\"> Casa Gilardi <\/strong> is an exemplary case because it demonstrates that the patio is not just a &#8220;distributive&#8221; void, but a <strong data-start=\"257\" data-end=\"277\"> perceptive field <\/strong> where structure, light and color become technique. The lot (approximately <strong data-start=\"343\" data-end=\"358\"> 10 m <strong data-start=\"592\" data-end=\"605\"> existing jacaranda <\/strong>, which is not &#8220;decorated&#8221; but taken as a typological pivot. The patio works as a privacy filter (controlled facade towards the street) and as a light regulator: a corridor-gallery connects the built bodies and constructs a calibrated sequence of compressions and dilations, up to the most radical room, where <strong data-start=\"971\" data-end=\"994\"> dining area and water <\/strong> are merged into a single spatial scene (water mirror, floor, vertical wall and <strong data-start=\"1084\" data-end=\"1098\"> skylight <\/strong> are studied as a single system). <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"97\" data-end=\"1819\"> Here the &#8220;technology&#8221; is also chromatic: a declared palette (intense pink, light purple, white), modulated on site according to the incidence of light; and above all the yellow gallery, with colored glass applied to the vertical cuts, which transforms the passage into a chamber of light and leads to the saturated blue of the pool bottom. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"97\" data-end=\"1819\"> Therefore, it is a <strong data-start=\"1565\" data-end=\"1581\"> patio house <\/strong> not because it &#8220;has a courtyard&#8221;, but because the courtyard <strong data-start=\"1631\" data-end=\"1652\"> orders the layout <\/strong> , governs the threshold between inside and outside and makes comfort (bright, climatic, intimate) a direct consequence of the project. <\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"95\"> Patio houses by famous architects: Schindler House (Kings Road House), R. M. Schindler, West Hollywood \/ Los Angeles (1921\u00961922) <\/h3>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10857\" src=\"https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Schindler-House-Kings-Road-House.jpg\" alt=\"Schindler House (Kings Road House)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Schindler-House-Kings-Road-House.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Schindler-House-Kings-Road-House-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Schindler-House-Kings-Road-House-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Schindler-House-Kings-Road-House-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Schindler-House-Kings-Road-House-370x247.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/> <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"122\" data-end=\"1541\"> The <strong data-start=\"177\" data-end=\"196\"> Schindler House <\/strong> is a milestoneare because it anticipates, with almost programmatic clarity, the modern idea of ??<strong data-start=\"287\" data-end=\"306\"> courtyard house <\/strong> as a system of &#8220;external rooms&#8221; equivalent to the internal ones. Here the patio is not an episode: it is the <strong data-start=\"407\" data-end=\"417\"> module <\/strong> that constructs daily life. The system works by interlocking: two residential units (designed for two couples) are organized into <strong data-start=\"551\" data-end=\"565\"> L-shaped volumes <\/strong> which do not seek a representative fa\u00e7ade, but generate <strong data-start=\"623\" data-end=\"641\"> protected courtyards <\/strong> as direct extensions of the study spaces. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"122\" data-end=\"1541\"> The separation between inside and outside is made deliberately porous: sliding panels, large openings and a sequence of thresholds ensure that the patio becomes a true <strong data-start=\"854\" data-end=\"875\"> outdoor room <\/strong> &#8211; not a &#8220;garden&#8221;, but a space of use &#8211; where light and ventilation do not arrive as a concession, but rather as a consequence of the design. Technically, the house is also a construction laboratory: walls in slabs\/panels, structure and infills designed for a dry and experimental domesticity; but the most current lesson is typological: privacy does not depend on closing oneself, it depends on <strong data-start=\"1260\" data-end=\"1292\"> building an external interior <\/strong> . <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"122\" data-end=\"1541\"> The result is a patio house in the full sense: living does not revolve around a &#8220;central&#8221; living room, but around courtyards that regulate the climate, orientation of the gaze and social life, transforming the patio into a true device of domestic freedom. <\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"95\"> Patio houses by famous architects: Muuratsalo Experimental House, Alvar &amp; Elissa Aalto, Muuratsalo (Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4), 1952\u00961954 <\/h3>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10860\" src=\"https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Case-a-patio-di-architetti-famosi-Muuratsalo-Experimental-House-Alvar-Elissa-Aalto-Muuratsalo-Jyvaskyla-1952\u00961954.jpg\" alt=\"Case a patio di architetti famosi Muuratsalo Experimental House, Alvar &amp; Elissa Aalto, Muuratsalo (Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4), 1952\u00961954\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/> <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"115\" data-end=\"1567\"> The Muuratsalo Experimental House is a rare case because it brings the archetype of the <strong data-start=\"1741\" data-end=\"1758\"> courtyard-atrium <\/strong> (admittedly close to the idea of the Roman atrium) into a Nordic context, transforming it into a <strong data-start=\"1857\" data-end=\"1887\"> protected intermediate space <\/strong>: an internal courtyard that opens towards the best exposures and builds a habitable microclimate between inside and outside. But its uniqueness lies above all in the fact that the patio is also a <strong data-start=\"2075\" data-end=\"2114\"> device of material knowledge <\/strong>: the internal walls become a true <strong data-start=\"2153\" data-end=\"2175\"> sample wall <\/strong>, divided into experimental fields where Aalto tests bricks, masonry equipment, finishes and performance over time. In this house the patio does not &#8220;serve&#8221; only to bring light and air: it serves to make the architecture work as a laboratory, where technique is not backstage, but a daily story. <\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"95\"> Patio houses by famous architects: Kingo Houses (courtyard houses), J\u00f8rn Utzon, Helsing\u00f8r (Elsinore), 1956\u00961959 <\/h3>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10862\" src=\"https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RomerhuseneKingohusene.jpg\" alt=\"Romerhusene\/Kingohusene\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RomerhuseneKingohusene.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RomerhuseneKingohusene-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RomerhuseneKingohusene-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RomerhuseneKingohusene-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RomerhuseneKingohusene-370x247.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/> <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"102\" data-end=\"1486\"> The Kingo Houses (Romerhusene\/Kingohusene) are a structural reference for the keyword <strong data-start=\"2981\" data-end=\"3015\"> patio houses famous architects <\/strong> because they demonstrate that the typology is not a &#8220;villa&#8221; affectation, but a <strong data-start=\"3084\" data-end=\"3116\"> model of habitable density <\/strong>: a settlement of <strong data-start=\"3137\" data-end=\"3149\"> 60 units <\/strong> (often reported as 63) conceived as <strong data-start=\"3192\" data-end=\"3204\"> L-shaped houses <\/strong> which, together with the <strong data-start=\"3221\" data-end=\"3242\"> brick walls <\/strong>, define a <strong data-start=\"3259\" data-end=\"3278\"> private courtyard <\/strong> &#8211; the true outdoor room for living. The domestic module works for typological clarity: two wings separate functions and degrees of privacy, while the courtyard compensates for what the square footage does not allow, restoring <strong data-start=\"3489\" data-end=\"3542\"> light, air, protection and controlled external life <\/strong>. The most cultured choice is urban planning: the system follows the terrain with &#8220;additive&#8221; logic and Utzon describes the system asand \u0093flowers on the branch of a cherry tree\u0094, each facing the sun\u0097a poetic that coincides with a concrete rule of <strong data-start=\"3766\" data-end=\"3821\"> orientation, screening and control of the gaze <\/strong> . <\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"97\"> Fredensborg Houses (courtyard houses), J\u00f8rn Utzon, Fredensborg (1959\u00961963) <\/h3>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10861\" src=\"https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fredensborg-Houses.jpg\" alt=\"Fredensborg Houses\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fredensborg-Houses.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fredensborg-Houses-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fredensborg-Houses-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fredensborg-Houses-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fredensborg-Houses-370x247.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/> <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"99\" data-end=\"1603\"> <strong data-start=\"168\" data-end=\"190\"> The Fredensborg Houses <\/strong> deserve special mention because they demonstrate that the patio house can be, at the same time, <strong data-start=\"264\" data-end=\"283\"> a domestic form <\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"286\" data-end=\"309\"> urban intelligence <\/strong> . Utzon works on the theme of the <strong data-start=\"339\" data-end=\"356\"> private courtyard <\/strong> as a unit of repeatable quality: each house is set on a simple geometry (low body, brick walls, inclined roofs) which defines a <strong data-start=\"520\" data-end=\"548\"> protected internal courtyard <\/strong> \u0097 not a residual &#8220;outside&#8221;, but an open-air room where light and air are made compatible with privacy and density. The key point of the project lies in the <strong data-start=\"705\" data-end=\"733\"> graduation of the thresholds <\/strong>: from the private courtyard (intimacy, microclimate, daily life) we move on to pedestrian paths and semi-collective spaces, up to the <strong data-start=\"857\" data-end=\"873\"> common green spaces <\/strong>, with very fine control of what you see and when you see it. Technically it is a lesson on how the patio works &#8220;on multiple scales&#8221;: as <strong data-start=\"1010\" data-end=\"1030\"> a screen from the wind <\/strong>, as an enclosure that accumulates heat on mild days, as a filter that allows generous openings towards the inside without exposing the house to the outside. And, above all, as a tool of social composition: the courtyard typology allows closeness between houses without conflicting glances, because the opening is brought back to the centre, inside a designed void. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"99\" data-end=\"1603\"> It is the perfect example of why the patio houses of famous architects are not just icons: they are spatial protocols capable of transforming a settlement into a truly habitable place, not just &#8220;well designed&#8221;. <\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"84\"> Moriyama House, Ryue Nishizawa \/ SANAA, Tokyo (2002\u00962005) <\/h3>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10863\" src=\"https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Moriyama-House-Ryue-Nishizawa-SANAA-Tokyo-2002\u00962005.jpg\" alt=\"Moriyama House, Ryue Nishizawa SANAA, Tokyo (2002\u00962005)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/> <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"86\" data-end=\"1547\"> Among the <strong data-start=\"93\" data-end=\"133\"> patio houses of famous architects <\/strong>, the <strong data-start=\"138\" data-end=\"156\"> Moriyama House <\/strong> is useful because it overturns the traditional image of the courtyard house: instead of a single volume that embraces a central courtyard, Nishizawa breaks down the house into <strong data-start=\"322\" data-end=\"348\"> several independent bodies <\/strong> scattered throughout the lot, and transforms the &#8220;emptiness&#8221; between these volumes in a system of <strong data-start=\"430\" data-end=\"445\"> micro-patios <\/strong>, passages, interstices and minute courtyards. The patio here is no longer a single center, but a <strong data-start=\"530\" data-end=\"568\"> constellation of domestic exteriors <\/strong>: air and light become distributive matter, and privacy does not derive from a compact enclosure, but from a strategy of <strong data-start=\"690\" data-end=\"734\"> distances, orientations and misalignments <\/strong> between the volumes. Technically it is a contemporary lesson on the topic: the internal\/external threshold is not a clear boundary, it is a sequence of conditions; the house &#8220;breathes&#8221; not because it has large openings towards the outside, but because the outside is <em data-start=\"966\" data-end=\"982\"> internalized <\/em> as a network of small controllable courtyards. The urban density of Tokyo also enters into the project: the fragmentation allows us to avoid direct views and modulate views and shadows, transforming the lot into a private micro-neighborhood. In SEO terms, it is one of the most current answers to the question &#8220;famous architects&#8217; patio houses&#8221; because it demonstrates that the patio is not necessarily a central geometric figure: it is a <strong data-start=\"1397\" data-end=\"1410\"> principle <\/strong> \u0097 putting the void in command \u0097 which can take on new forms without losingre its primary function of light, air and designed intimacy. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"97\" data-end=\"1819\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The patio houses are homes organized around an open internal courtyard: a central void, open to the sky, which is not an &#8220;accessory garden&#8221; but a primary room . 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