ABSTRACT
Based on events at an installation at the University of Maryland, this case study explores how human participation in the urban space drove the transition from forest to city in Ancient Rome. In particular, it explores the forum and table (the templum) as both defining space as a collective field and creating the possibilities of action and creativity within a field. In contrast to a two-dimensional study of space, this installation created a three-dimensional forum in which visitors were invited to interact and observe how their activities invented and reinvented collective space.
