Open Space

Open space may refer to:

In urban planning and conservation ethics
  • Landscape, areas of land without human-built structures
  • Open space reserve, areas of protected or conserved land on which development is indefinitely set aside
  • Urban open space, urban areas of protected or conserved land on which development is indefinitely set aside
  • Greenway (landscape), a linear chain of open space reserves or a recreational corridor through the same
  • Public space, areas left open for the use of the public, such as a piazza, plaza, park, and courtyard
In business terminology
  • A procedure for conducting a business conference:
    • Open Space Technology
    • Open-space meeting
Other uses
  • Open Space (band), an indie rock band from Minsk, Belarus
  • Open Space (BBC TV) BBC TV programme produced by their Community Programme Unit
  • Open Space Theatre, a defunct London theatre run by Charles Marowitz
  • Open Space (publications), a music publishing collective

Famous quotes containing the words open and/or space:

    “Blow the dust off the clock. Your watches are behind the times. Throw open the heavy curtains which are so dear to you—you do not even suspect that the day has already dawned outside.”
    —Alexander Solzhenitsyn (b. 1918)

    “As photographs give people an imaginary possession of a past that is unreal, they also help people to take possession of space in which they are insecure.”
    —Susan Sontag (b. 1933)