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02 / People & place
Thresholds of care
The overlooked spaces where a neighbourhood becomes a community.
The central idea
Care has an address
A bench, a library step, a shopfront, or five minutes outside a school gate can become the most important social space on a block.
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Editorial illustration of women reading and documenting the city. — Pexels contributor · Pexels contributor
Public space feels safe when somebody feels noticed, not watched.
Numbers to begin with
Closeness you can feel
5 min
distance to an everyday place to pause
3
different uses that keep a threshold alive
1:1
small conversations that begin trust
Editorial illustration, not an interview subject
Field lens
Editorial illustration of women reading and documenting the city.
The best design begins with an existing rhythm: who arrives, when they pause, and what brings them back.