Residential - by Björg

The trend toward densification of neighborhoods in the planning policies of cities throughout the world means that issues of privacy and retreat will become increasingly acute.  The puplic space, the street, driven be motorized vehicle has already made the ideal of permeability in the interface between the house and the street. So the questions is how the forms that residential development might take in the cities.

To work with distance from ones immediate surroundings, while living in their midst, one must distance oneself and become completely isolated from them.  At the same time/place where you experience your privacy, you desire a connection to the environment and time.  Daylight begets time and connects us to the environment.  It is our lifeline in space.  

Privacy is made more pronounced when contrasted with the environment.  A space which one can step into, becoming exposed.  A moment in time and space reinforcing privacy via publicity.

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