What we see here is maybe the most basic principle of making a shelter to sleep, obtained by making use of a plastic sheet, and the warm air that is blown in the air through the grating of the metro. This scene is photographed in the city centre of Sao Paulo on a large public square. Interesting to see is how people start to ‘steel’ little parts of the public space to create a temporary shelter. This is something to think about when we speak of ‘public’ space. It can be conceived as very public because there is the possibility to make a public space ‘private’ for a certain period of time. (Without romanticizing the phenomenon itself.)
