The black blinds on the window separate the different parts of the night, the momentary brilliance of a solitary window, and the metallic mass of the nearby cities.

These places have at least three characteristics in common. They want to be - people want them to be - places of identity, of relations, and of history. The layout of the house, the rules of residence, the zoning of the village, placement of altars, configuration of public open spaces, land distribution, correspond for every individual to a system of circumscribed and specific places that are determined by relations.