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:

    “All deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea; while the wildest winds of heaven and earth conspire to cast her on the treacherous, slavish shore.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)

    “For tribal man space was the uncontrollable mystery. For technological man it is time that occupies the same role.”
    —Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980)