Public Space

Where do you feel free to be without a task?

A place becomes public when strangers can remain.

  1. INNERInnerspaceWithin

    Perception, attention, capability — what registers in you.

    • Where do you feel free to be without a task?
  2. INTERInterspaceInteract

    Interaction with people, products, tools, interfaces and services.

  3. OUTEROuterspaceAround

    Places, institutions, infrastructure — the physical field around you.

  4. ETHEREtherspaceBeyond

    Networks, knowledge, policy, data — the wider forces reaching here.

A shared open space in a city, used by people at rest.
Fig. D18 — an ordinary place people are allowed to remain in.