ABSTRACT
The “collective thought exercise” was meant “in order to explore the extent to which the digital transition and the hyperconnected era people are entering into call for rethinking the concepts and referential frameworks on which policies are built.” During the – sometimes intense – discussions on July 9th 2013, it became obvious that, since it is architecture (as in built environment) that frames and articulates space by creating “physical boundaries,” it is also architecture that – so far – to a large extent, determines the traditional dichotomy between public space and private space. With or without the assistance of an (interior)architect; people try to achieve a synthesis between ratio and emotion and between practical needs and desirable options for full experience and joy. What is needed, however, is the awareness that while living in a networked world it remains vital to recognize that its hybrid built environment with its accompanying ubiquitous technology is a possible synthesizer.
