Density Perception
“People rarely complain about being crowded when they are seated in grand-stands watching a football game, or standing at a close-packed cocktail party. In fact, if the subject is expecting to have a good time, that person is likely to have an even better time under crowded, rather than uncrowded, conditions… as urban designers, we design elements of the streetscape, which sets the mood for the street life of the community.”
- The Urban Oasis
On the Benefits of Urban Oases
“Within a green, environmentally compatible setting, they would allow the conveniences and satisfactions that have long been associated with towns and cities - the generation of economic and cultural synergy, social contacts with people of all ages, and a lifestyle that is less isolating and less dependent upon car-ownership.”
- Roxanne Warren
We are of three bodies:
One created for us, given at birth;
One created by us, labored through life;
One created with us, eternity’s rebirth.
One the individual, of flesh, blood and soul;
One the community, of wood, stone and fire;
One the universe of stuff, time and changing.
This is who we are, where we are from, are, and going.
The secret is out. We are building ourselves.
We are the universe: painful, joyous work unfolding.
