Enclosure

Last updated: Monday, 23 September 2024

Physical enclosure. Enclosure in architecture; building envelopes, seperating interior and exterior environments.

The historical process, in England, of consolidating common land into private property in the 18th-19th centuries.

Gated communities and exclusion zones. Borders and boundaries.

  • [?] What purposes do physical enclosures serve; containment, protection, separation, spatial organisation? How do enclosures shape human activity and interaction?
  • [&] See also: insularity

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