use of space

“A city does not exist by the accretion of houses, but by the association of human beings” Lewis Mumford (Pop up spaces, a how to guide. 2013).

Contained within ‘the big issue book of Home’ is an image of a most public garden. “It had the smallest lawn, but everyone could enjoy it.” Said Simon, the man who had made an old ambulance his home, with a patch of grass growing out of the cracks in the pavement his allotment

Figure 19 ‘Simons garden’ Taken from the Big issue book of Home (2000)

LONDON

The outskirts are the far reaches of the garden, That I occasionally visit the centre is the kitchen, where I do all my living. People are what make my home, all the millions that make their lives but each wake from a different bed, some made for them with a warm duvet, some not. Routines, of which there are many, cross the tapestry of the sofa material, different colours, different patterns, differences.

Doors can’t be locked to everything, experiences are varied, tinted glass can’t prevent from seeing, Diversity and Individuality. Kate Appleby

(Ephraums, 2000)

All space is appropriated space. And sweet thoughts behold the eye of its user.

Simon’s world is the open streets, welcome to all, just do not linger past your stay. He admits all to his garden, not that he has the choice.