Room for DramaOutside, Actually.

New York (demonstration)

The carport we are trying to eat in

DemonstrationEdit the plan

When the table under the roof is open for children playing

Each month read on its 15th · 2026
Children playing, through the year. The table under the roof is open for children playing 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM, every month of the year. 12 months open, 0 shut, 0 unanswered.JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12months open
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  • Tight
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Rings run from 8 am at the centre to 8 pm at the edge.

The table under the roof is open for children playing 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM, every month of the year.

  • All year: open 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM. What it feels like is what closes it.

What it feels like is the commonest thing to end the day for children playing here.

The same year as a table
MonthOpenUsable hoursWhat decides it
January12:00 PM–5:00 PM5 hWhat it feels like closes it
February11:00 AM–6:00 PM7 hWhat it feels like closes it
March10:00 AM–6:00 PM8 hStill usable afterwards
April10:00 AM–6:00 PM8 hStill usable afterwards
May10:00 AM–6:00 PM8 hStill usable afterwards
June10:00 AM–6:00 PM8 hStill usable afterwards
July10:00 AM–6:00 PM8 hStill usable afterwards
August10:00 AM–6:00 PM8 hStill usable afterwards
September10:00 AM–6:00 PM8 hStill usable afterwards
October10:00 AM–6:00 PM8 hStill usable afterwards
November10:00 AM–6:00 PM8 hStill usable afterwards
December11:00 AM–5:00 PM6 hWhat it feels like closes it
The house19.7 ftCarport roof9.2 ftCorner post8.2 ftCorner post8.2 ftThe table under the roofN16 ft
BuildingNot yoursCanopyShadow nowCan see inProposed

Reading at

9:35 PM·September
September 14 · The table under the roof

The evidence behind this whole day is thin, so nothing on the strip is marked out as worse than the rest. The shape of the day is still the model’s best reading; the confidence in it is low, and it stays low until something it needs is measured.

The table under the roof is open for children playing 12:00 AM to 11:30 PM.

About 23.5 hours in September.

The same day as a table
The same day hour by hour, in text.
HourSunVerdictConfidenceSun position
12:00 AMdarkWorksa starting hypothesis
3:00 AMdarkWorksa starting hypothesis
6:00 AMdarkWorksa starting hypothesis
8:00 AMin sunTighta starting hypothesis8° up, bearing 91°
9:00 AMin sunTighta starting hypothesis20° up, bearing 100°
10:00 AMshaded by Carport roofWorksa starting hypothesis32° up, bearing 110°
11:00 AMshaded by Carport roofWorksa starting hypothesis43° up, bearing 122°
12:00 PMshaded by Carport roofWorksa starting hypothesis53° up, bearing 140°
1:00 PMshaded by Carport roofWorksa starting hypothesis59° up, bearing 164°
2:00 PMshaded by Carport roofWorksa starting hypothesis59° up, bearing 193°
3:00 PMshaded by Carport roofWorksa starting hypothesis53° up, bearing 218°
4:00 PMshaded by The houseWorksa starting hypothesis44° up, bearing 236°
5:00 PMshaded by The houseWorksa starting hypothesis33° up, bearing 249°
6:00 PMshaded by The houseWorksa starting hypothesis21° up, bearing 259°
7:00 PMshaded by The houseWorksa starting hypothesis9° up, bearing 268°
9:00 PMdarkWorksa starting hypothesis

Somewhere they can be for a long stretch without cooking or disappearing.

Children playing

The table under the roof works for children playing at this hour.

  • What it feels like is inside what this use needs: 68.5°F against 57.2°F to 82.4°F.
  • Surface heat is inside what this use needs: 77.9°F against at most 113.0°F.
  • Direct sun is inside what this use needs: 0 / 100 against at most 70.

Confidence low (44%). Treat this as a starting hypothesis, not an answer.

What this answer was built from
  • Use
    Children playing
  • Place
    The table under the roof
  • Weather
    Hot and humid, long cooling season (scenario shape), scenario (from a published source)
  • Method
    Traced geometry and radiation at this hour, measured against what this use needs
    • Try a changeMake a document

    How well this place is described

    Mapped
    1. Quick
    2. Mapped
    3. Annotated
    4. Measured

    Shade, sky view and daily light are computed from real geometry rather than assumed. This is the rung at which the product starts telling you things you did not already know.

    It cannot answer who can see in, and it cannot tell you whether the heights it is using are the real ones.

    To reach Annotated

    • Photographs of the actual place: None annotated. A photograph is how a drawn height gets checked against a real one.
    • Photographs that know where they were taken from: No photograph has a position and a bearing, so what is marked on them cannot become a measurement.
    • Who can see in: Nobody marked. Privacy is a question about who sees in from where, and the product will not invent one.

    What that buys: The privacy question, and a check on the geometry. Most inferred heights are wrong by enough to matter, and a photograph settles it in a minute.

    Everything that was checked
    • Quick A place on the earth: New York (demonstration), with a time zone, which is what makes an hour an hour.
    • Quick Somewhere to read: 1 spot marked. A reading is a height at a place, and moving it moves the answer.
    • Mapped The things in the way: 4 objects drawn. The house counts, and so does the neighbour's.
    • Mapped What is underfoot: 1 of 1 readings sit on a mapped surface.
    • Mapped Where the property ends: Drawn, so the product can tell you when the cheapest fix stands on someone else's land.
    • Annotated Photographs of the actual place: None annotated. A photograph is how a drawn height gets checked against a real one.
    • Annotated Photographs that know where they were taken from: No photograph has a position and a bearing, so what is marked on them cannot become a measurement.
    • Annotated Who can see in: Nobody marked. Privacy is a question about who sees in from where, and the product will not invent one.
    • Measured Heights off a tape: 1 of 4 objects are measured. The remaining 3 are this product's own inference, so no figure here is a survey figure yet.
    • Measured Something checked against the day: Nothing has been checked against a real afternoon. The model is unopposed, which is not the same as being right.

    What to measure next

    Ranked by how far the answer moves, not by a checklist
    1. 1Who can actually see inSit in the chair

      Sit where you actually sit and look around. Mark the one window or path you can see a person from. Until one exists, privacy is a question we are not answering rather than one that is fine.

      This is not a refinement. Nothing can answer this question until somebody marks it.

      Mark it on the plan

      Currently assuming: nobody is overlooking this. Tested across one confirmed observer changes the whole privacy answer.

    2. 2What you are looking atSit in the chair

      Mark the direction of the view worth keeping. Without it, every screening recommendation is optimising against nothing.

      This is not a refinement. Nothing can answer this question until somebody marks it.

      Mark it on the plan

      Currently assuming: no view is being protected. Tested across one corridor changes what screening is worth doing.

    What the place is doing at 9:35pm in September

    Hot and humid, long cooling season (scenario shape).

    What it feels like

    comfortable

    68.5°F

    Felt temperature · 41 on the reporting scale

    It feels about 9 degrees cooler than the air, near 69°F.

    What is doing it

    • How much sky is overhead

      −13°

    • Air movement

      +6.8°
    How this was worked out
  • Air
    77.9°F from Hot and humid, long cooling season (scenario shape), scenario (from a published source)
  • Radiant
    38.9°F mean radiant temperature
  • Method
    Six-directional radiation integration, then ASHRAE operative temperature (from a published source)

    • Direct sun

    after dark

    0 W/m²

    Beam reaching this point · 0 on the reporting scale

    The sun is down.

    How this was worked out
  • Sun
    below the horizon
  • Traced
    0% of the beam reaches this point

    • Glare

    none

    0

    out of 100

    Nothing bright is in the line of sight at this hour.

    How this was worked out
  • Facing
    180deg

    • Privacy exposure

    Unanswered

    No observer has been placed yet. Privacy is a question about who can see in from where, and until one is marked there is nothing to answer.

    Wind

    light

    1.9 mph

    Wind at the seat · 9 on the reporting scale

    Wind here is light.

    How this was worked out
  • Reference
    5.5 mph at 10 m from Hot and humid, long cooling season (scenario shape), scenario (from a published source)
  • At seat height
    1.9 mph before shelter
  • Shelter
    0% removed by what stands upwind

    • View

    Unanswered

    No view worth keeping has been marked, so there is nothing to weigh a screen against yet.

    Surface heat

    comfortable

    77.9°F

    Surface temperature · 21 on the reporting scale

    The surface is running about 78°F.

    How this was worked out
  • Surface
    The slab
  • Method
    Absorbed shortwave against air temperature, flattened by air movement (from a published source)

    • Wetness

    dries-fast

    1 x

    Drying time against the open · 0 on the reporting scale

    Overhead cover keeps most of the rain off in the first place.

    How this was worked out
  • Drying rate
    0.000 in/hour here
  • Method
    Penman combination equation on the radiation and air actually reaching this spot (from a published source)

    • Light after dark

    contained

    121 lux

    Light on the seat · 12 on the reporting scale

    Light is on, and nobody has been marked who could see it.

    What is doing it

    • Strip light

      +121
    How this was worked out
  • Fixtures
    1 placed
  • On the seat
    121.4 lux
  • Spill
    22% of output leaves sideways or upward

    • Ask something else about this place

    Who can see me?

    The sightline, the smallest screen that closes it, and what it costs you in view.

    What grows here?

    Usable light across a day, not the label on the tag.

    I already own this. Where should it go?

    The same reasoning backwards: every spot you have marked, ranked for one plant.

    What survives here?

    What this exposure does to the things you leave out.

    Dinner outside tonight?

    The forecast, read against this specific seat.

    What changes through the year?

    The same layout in May, August and October.

    What changes after dark?

    Light, glare and who can see in once the sun has gone.

    Everything on the plan, in text
    ThingReadingNote
    The house19.7 ft100 per cent solid.
    Carport roof9.2 ft100 per cent solid.
    Corner post8.2 ft100 per cent solid.
    Corner post8.2 ft100 per cent solid.