Wednesday 26 August 2009

in between spaces

There are many anonymous places in contemporary life between work, home, and entertainment . Perhaps thats OK, or perhaps they are wasted spaces or there aren't enough of them Richard Sennett talks about the need to design ambiguity into urban environments. Places that aren't for anything in particular that are not controlled or manipulated but allow for, or provoke interaction between people that is not proscribed. pedestrianisation of city centres is creating more space for potentially flexible interactions if it is not entirely inhabited by the service industries...cafe culture...

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