Birth Places

Towns · Neighborhood

Context Community of 700012 · Identifiable Neighborhood14 · Life Cycle26

Problem

Birth today mostly happens in large clinical institutions, far removed from the ordinary life of family and neighborhood. The start of a life becomes an isolated medical procedure rather than an event held by the community.

Solution

Create small, warm, homelike places for birth, woven into the neighborhood, rather than confining it to impersonal institutions, so the beginning of a life stays part of the life of the community.

Usage Common Areas at the Heart129 · Couple's Realm136 · Farmhouse Kitchen139 · Half-Hidden Garden111 · Garden Wall173 · Building Complex95