C3 SPECIAL: PSEUDO-PUBLIC, PSEUDO-PRIVATE

The concepts of public and private are not diametrically opposed but rather exist on a continuum. The interaction between the two states - for the individual and the collective - determines the success of public architecture. The article considers how public activity and private sensations, public ownership and privatisation, play out across several different public architecture typologies - such as public open spaces, public swimming pools, mixed use buildings and museums.