ABSTRACT
Our dwellings, neighbourhoods and cities perform the fundamental task of bringing us together to interact socially, conduct our transactions, construct and reproduce our cultures, and form our communities. At the same time-and this is the fundamental paradox of architecture-they separate us by providing differentiated, specialized spaces for our various activities. A very simple dwelling, for example, consists of a single enclosure, but a more complex one is divided into living room, bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom, and so on.
