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Mediterranean plans want a courtyard
QS-STYLE-01Description
Mediterranean homes earn their style label when organized around a U-shape courtyard. The courtyard collects daylight + becomes the social heart; without one the silhouette reads incomplete.
Why this exists
Across calibration mediterranean plans, courtyard-organized examples reached exemplary; rectangular footprints labeled 'mediterranean' landed in mediocre. The style signature is the courtyard, not the stucco.
Categories
Aesthetic
Applies to
- When:
- style: mediterranean
Source
Almost an Architectno manifest entry
Floor-plan quality calibration study (v1 (45 plan observations))
Section: lib/quality/calibration/observations.ts
Published 2026-05-16 · last verified 2026-05-16
Solver enforcement
Browsable only — the solver does not currently enforce this directive (no spec-level data to check against). This entry exists so the architect personas can cite it in conversation and the user can read what the rule says.
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Last reviewed 2026-05-16.