Outer Space[s]

Some thoughts on the architecture of community:

6. The window seat: because sometimes people need to be lifted above the clouds of their day-to-day experience...



5. The departure lounge: because sometimes people need to engage with other communities, with neutral space providing the bridge...

4. The dry-stone wall: because sometimes people need a place to belong where their unique size and shape - including their rough edges - are valued; and, placed alongside other irregular people with rough edges of their own, combine to make something that is practical, durable, and beautiful...



3. The jetty: because sometimes people need space to be on their own - removed - yet still connected-to community...


2. The phone wire: because sometimes people need relational engagement with others, without the expectation of physical proximity...


1. The park bench: because sometimes people need physical proximity with others, without the expectation of relational engagement...