[Exploring the narratives hidden behind walls and cities]

Lives Between Walls is a space where stories, architecture, and imagination converge.

Lives Between Walls explores how built form and everyday life shape each other—how the walls we build quietly script the lives within them. Through storytelling and the creative use of emerging tools like AI, the blog reveals the hidden connections between people and the environments they inhabit, tracing atmosphere, memory, and feeling in what Henri Lefebvre describes as “lived space” (Lefebvre, 1991).

  • Chapter 60: The fence part IV

    Jamie grapples with her fear of relationships, shaped by her anxiety and a troubled upbringing marked by her mother’s tumultuous…

  • Chapter 59: The fence part III

    The post discusses the relationship between anxiety and the concept of ‘possibility.’ It portrays a serene garden metaphor, representing peace,…

  • Chapter 58: The fence part II

    The narrative recounts Jamie’s anxiety stemming from childhood, shaped by an overprotective mother, which led to fear and isolation. As…

  • Chapter 55: The fence

    Jogging through quiet streets, Jamie senses unseen fences between fate and danger—realising survival often hides behind ordinary moments.

  • Chapter 54: Across the sea

    In a stormy ordeal at sea, novice sailor Matthis faces peril with experienced fisherman Ben. As waves threaten them, they…

  • Chapter 53: She still sees me

    The narrator is captivated by Mia, a talented pianist at their multi-racial school in Orchidville. Despite being from different racial…