What if I walk backward through the city or use the wrong direction against the flow? What’s behind that metal door on the floor? May I enter? A traffic light only works when it is visible. What happens if somebody is standing right in front of it? Will traffic flow? A roundabout always gives priority to the ones driving inside. What happens if a group of bikers does not leave the round-about and block every other car from coming inside? How long would this work?

Our urban spaces get more and more formatted and purpose-driven. Walk here, do not sit there, do not eat here, and do not play music over there. By an extensive amount of rules, commercial architecture and security measures, almost every space in our contemporary city is meant for a specific action. Unregulated city-spaces for informal actions that might make sense or even not, are hard to find these days. So what are all these rules that form our so-called public spaces? How does a city work?