### Problem
>Where can the need for concealment be expressed; the need to hide; the need for something precious to be lost, and then revealed?

### Solution
>Make a place in the house, perhaps only a few feet square, which is kept locked and secret; a place which is virtually impossible to discover—until you have been shown where it is; a place where the archives of the house, or other more potent secrets, might be kept.

### Related Patterns
... and here is a finishing touch to the thick walls, perhaps even to the low ceilings - [[Thick Walls (197)]], [[Ceiling Height Variety (190)]].

Classic types of secret places are the panel that slides back, revealing the cavity in the wall, the loose board beneath the rug, the trap door - [[Closets Between Rooms (198)]], [[Thickening the Outer Walls (211)]], [[Floor-Ceiling Vaults (219)]] ...

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> [!cite]- Alexander, Christopher. _A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction_. Oxford University Press, 1977, p. 930.
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