Attached Buildings in Gamla stan
…What’s warmer? A glove or a mitten? Attached buildings – call them townhouses or row houses or terrace houses, have been the preferred form of village housing all over the world, for thousands of years . There are very good reasons for this. Common walls mean less material costs and less exposed surface area to maintain. Sound-proofing is important and possible. Less exposed surface area means lower heating costs. Multi-level construction is easier to heat and reduces the area of foundation and roof, two of the most expensive components in building construction. Kaching! This building style is also a natural for the establishment of inexpensive, low overhead, commercial enterprises on the ground floor. - From the six key design elements of the Piscataquis Village Project.