Hypothetical 'dwelling units surrounding a communal courtyard'

By Sau Lai Chan of Kuala Lumpur, from Michael Y. Seelig's The Architecture of Self-Help Communities Architectural Record Books, NY 1978 p. 58. One example of many proposed in a multiple dwelling unit cluster arrangement: 'The proposed courtyards vary in size to accommodate from 10 to 30 families with a proportional number of taps allocated to conform to the number of families. The courtyards would also serve as a private recreation space and as a utility space with laundry areas, workshops housed in simple huts, and windmills for generating electricity. The courtyards are interconnected by minor pedestrian routes 4 to 5 meters wide. The houses are designed so that their front entrances face these paths.'