Increasingly, the only spaces we can access have predetermined uses. Where in the city can you take a nap? Where can you hold meetings? Where can you go where the rules of interpersonal interactions are not already coded? Conference rooms, public parks, and coffee shops are all unacceptable options—they are expensive, overly-policed, and precisely defined. Where is there space for collective decision-making in They can do what they want in the privacy of their own home?

Christiania’s Common Laws. Wikipedia Creative Commons License. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freetown_Christiania#/media/File:Chritianias_common_law.jpg 

Freetown Christiania in Copenhagen, Norway began as a simple act of reclamation: neighbors tore down the fence secluding an abandoned plot of military land so their children had space to play. From there a commune grew. If coffee shops and private apartments are not suitable to your needs, the first step must be (re)clamation of space. Then, step into that undefined void and create what works (and what is needed).