DKO Architecture with Breathe Architecture

The city, the suburb, the street, the front gate, the living room, your bedroom, the bathroom: this list of places and spaces represents a kind of spectrum between public and private in a suburb like Alexandria, Sydney. As a spectrum, there exists a gradient between each and the rules of engagement are both fluid and complex. Can I go into your bedroom? Well, probably not. We hardly know each other. But we might exchange pleasantries as we pass on the street, remind each other it’s bin night or choose to ignore each other for 20 years despite living side by side. At what point do we know we’re part of the same community?

Architects often take on the task of making community through our buildings. Community,