TIEIN : celebrating diverse interconnections on streets of Moscow

+ exterior become a concept rather than an actual site for inhabitation, but maybe it did not matter anymore; they did not need to go out, as there was always an enclosed route to go everywhere.

So, S. (2015, July & aug.). Hong Kong Labyrinths. Architectural Design.

+In some cases exclusion is the result of a deliberate program to reduce the number of undesirables, and in others, it is a by-product of privatization, commercialization, historic preservation, and specific strategies of design and planning. Nonetheless, these practices can reduce the vitality and vibrancy of the space or reorganize it in such a way that only one kind of person—often a tourist or middle-class visitor—feels welcomed. One of the consequences is that the number of open, urban public spaces is decreasing as more and more places are privatized.

Low, S., Rethinking Urban Parks: Public Space and Cultural Diversity, 2005