Cities are environments of social interaction. Public space structures the city.

The urban quality of a city can be assessed by the quality, programming and location of its public spaces.

A common approach is to think public space (exterior) and building (interior) as distinct. To what extent can they be integrated?

Urban Space and Building could be conceived without conceptual differentiation. In other words, a plaza can be open or covered and a school can be open or covered, and both are part of an urban continuum.

In this scenario we could say that Public Space is Architecture and Architecture is Public Space.

A building can be thought of as an integral component of the public space, as a moment, a particularity of the range of uses and perceptions that make up urban life.