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ViA Ele cree} Q ef a =e os © i i=l LS ViA arquitectura Colegio Oiicial de Arquitectos de la Comunidad Valenciana sgh A ‘PUBLIC SPACES: ‘We cannot really phochice 2 number on public spaces without giving a though: te WHat makes public spaces different from private ones. 1 ees ee Ons ee intelligible before being used and private is what is undarstocd thraugh use. ey mee hace cae Iylaltigthle before (tis understood, ‘When you ase a public thing you privatise it. ‘Following the same train of thought, we agree with Federico Sorlang® thal: ‘Public space is mpbile: private space is static. Public space ie dispersed. private space is concentrated. Public spaces empty: itis imagination. Private space is ful: it is objects and memories: Public space is indaterminata, Private space is functional, ‘Public space is infortnation. Private’ space is’ epinion. Public space is the-avadium. Private space is the message, Public space is, umstebly Balanced. Private space js af necessity stable. ‘There are other snages which are neither public nat pnvate but bath at once: these are. the collective spaces: ‘The’ change’of scale that 's taking place in our citles and the increasing changes in ways: of life have led to the tracitionally open-air public spaces losing ground to these Callactive spaces, which are often indoors, in department stores, leisure centres or even public: transport (the collective space par excellence of our cities). ‘These indoor collective spaces provide shelter from the wind and the tain and are Usually clean and safe. ‘The city’s parks and

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