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Birth Places

Opening context: Community of 7000, Identifiable Neighborhood, Life Cycle

Conflict

It seems unlikely that any process which treats childbirth as a sickness could possibly be a healthy part of a healthy society.

Resolution

Build local birth places where women go to have their children: places that are specially tailored to childbirth as a natural, eventful moment — where the entire family comes for prenatal care and education; where fathers and midwives help during the hours of labor and birth.

Closing context:
Common Areas at the Heart, Couple’s Realm, Half-hidden Garden, Building Complex, Farmhouse Kitchen