anthropologist – Elena Padilla
( more information , plaease refer to http://my.safaribooksonline.com/9780596526801/privacy_in_an_age_of_data)
public character
how many people know about each other ?
who is to be trusted who not?
who is defiant of the law? and who upholds it ?
who is competent and well informed ?
who id inept and ignorant ?
to achieve a marvel of balance between its people ‘s determinations to have essential privacy and their simultanenous wishes for differing degrees of contact , enjoyment and help from people around.
fewer people along the sidewalk because there are fewer place to gather
lacks a sidewalk life – togetherness increase with one another.
example : garden city planning- chatham villages in Pittsburgh
- grouped in colonies around shared interior lawns and play yards
- equipped with other devices ( holds parties , dances , reunions / ladies activities – bridge and sewing parties )
city should be provide lack a natural & casual public life that is common for residents to isolate themselves from each other to a fantastic degree.
neighbor park + park behavior
a park tends to have 4 elements:
a) intricacy – variety reason and time to sit , play , watch , read , work….
b) centering - will have a place somewhere within them commonly understand to be the center – at very least a main crossroads and pausing point, a climax
small ? – pleasing the eyes
c) sun – building should not cut sun from park
d) enclosure – make a definitive shape – appear as an important event in the city scene
- far from being attracted by in definite left over of land oozing around it.
how is the relationship of cities and park?
first , to jettison confusion between real uses and mythical use
eg , it takes about 3 arces of woods to absorb as much carbon dioxide as 4 people exude in breathing , cooking and heating
the ocean of air circulating about us , not parks , keep cities from suffocating
nor is more AIR let into the city by a given acreage of greenery than by an equivalent acreage of street.
AIR knows nothing of grass fetishes and fails to pick and choose for itself in accordance with them.
example : Rittenhouse square in Philadelphin





- possess a diverse rim and neighborhood hinterland
- should abet this general reaction of patronage rather than work at cross purposes to it.