Sounds like a vision in concert with the awesome series of books out of Oregon; some of the best books I've read. Period.
The timeless way of building
A Pattern language
and there's a third, called The Oregon Experiment.
I was hooked completely by the utter beauty and common sense
of The Timelss Way.., and immediately was able to start drawing a plan for a living place, that married the inner and outer.
One of the principles the author espouses is
windows on two sides of every room. Aha! It's just what I had always thought...but was led to bleive by others it was simply absurd, and that my wishes and visions were unreasonable. And perfectionistic.
I do wonder about the rainwater--these days--hope it's filtered.