The Law of Significant Enclosure
17 min readAug 24, 2021
The law of significant enclosure says that we feel comfortably enclosed when the vertical edge of a space is at least one-third the length of the horizontal space we’re inhabiting.” — — every garden design website and blog on the internet.
It’s late and our hotel is under construction. We’ve spent days driving through the wide-open West, and now the parking structure feels like a warren, barely tall enough…