Reading Day 5
OutsideBR #shortideas, #publicspaces, #outside, #non-place
The Outside: Outside is viewed as the representation of the shared, the collective, in opposition to the private and individual signified by the inside. Furthermore, looking at it from a psychological position, the outside can be the way one wants to be viewed or is viewed, contrary to how one sees oneself from inside. Both divisions correlate with the fundamental question of life today: What is the right balance between communalism and individualism in relation to abstract or physical space? Outside implies a relation to an entity which is considered a vessel enclosing the inside. How can one refer to both, the whole? Can we say the ‘side’ or ‘all sides’? Why does it have to be a side at all, dividing the complete? Importance of public spaces: Looking at how public spaces, from urban exteriors to vast natural landscapes, have been transforming, we can investigate how privacy, in general, is viewed differently, changing the physical layout of our time. Public spaces belong to the community whether it is a global, national, or local one, and the way in which we design and inhabit them affects our private spheres too. The disappearance of public spaces: The disappearance of public spaces limits our own body, impacts communities, and erodes its democratic function. As Solnit states ‘many people nowadays live in a series of interiors-home, car, gym, office,
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