[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 50: Pain 1986

    The narrative follows two men, Jeffrey and Gael, both facing personal crises and feelings of failure. Jeffrey struggles with his…

  • Chapter 48: The Billionaire of Orchidville

    Vasanthan Ferreria, once a humble boy from poverty, achieved immense wealth and fame in Orchidville through a successful carpentry business.…

  • Chapter 47: Way ahead of his time

    The narrative contrasts Karabo the tortoise and Kaufman the cheetah, exploring themes of speed, popularity, and societal pressures. Kaufman, a…

  • Chapter 46: Husband’s holiday

    The text critiques marriage dynamics from a husband’s perspective, expressing his feelings of being overwhelmed by his wife’s expectations and…

  • Chapter 45: A pretty good ‘bad idea’

    Tobias meets Dima, his new tenant, during a background check interview. As the session continues, he realise that their undeniable…

  • Chapter 43: Greg’s Victory

    Things had changed between us. Even though he wouldn’t admit, but you could just feel that it wasn’t the same…