Thefactthatpeoplearenolongertiedtospecificplacesforfunctionssuchasstudyingorlearning,saysWilliamMitchell,aprofessorofarchitectureandcomputerscienceatMIT,meansthatthereis"ahugedropindemandfortraditional,(51)___,enclosedspaces"suchasofficesorclassrooms,andsimultaneously"ahugeriseindemandforsemi-publicspacesthatcanbeinformallyappropriatedtoad-hocworkspaces".Thisshift,hethinks,amountstothebiggestchangein(52)___inthiscentury.Inthe20thcenturyarchitecturewasabout(53)___structures-officesforworking,cafeteriasforeating,andsoforth.Thiswasnecessarybecauseworkersneededtobenearthingssuchaslandlinephones,faxmachinesandfilingcabinets.
Thenewarchitecture,saysMrMitchell,will"makespacesintentionally(54)___".Architectsarethinkingaboutlight,air,treesandgardens,allintheserviceofhumanconnections.Buildingswillhavemuchmorevariedshapesthanbefore(55)___,peopleworkingonlaptopsfinditcomfortingtohavetheirbackstoawall,sohybrid(混合的)spacesmaybecomecurvier,withmorenooks(角落),inorderto(56)___thesurfaceareaoftheirinnerwalls.
"This(57)___iswhatseparatessuccessfulspacesandcitiesfromunsuccessfulones,"saysAnthonyTownsend,anurbanplannerattheInstitutefortheFuture,athink-tank.Almostanypublicspacecanassumesomeofthesefeatures.Forexample,anot-for-profitorganizationinNewYorkhas(58)___BryantPark,aonceabandonedbutcharminggardeninfrontofthecity'spubliclibrary,intoahybridspacepopularwithofficeworkers.Thepark'smanagersnoticedthatalotofvisitorswereusingmobilephonesandlaptopsinthepark,sothey(59)___Wi-Fiandaddedsomechairswithfoldablelecturedesks.Theideawasnottodistractpeoplefromtheflowersbuttoletthemcustomizetheirlittlebitofthepark.
Theacademicnameforsuchspacesis"thirdplaces",atermoriginallycoinedbythesociologistRayOldenburginhis1989book,"TheGreat,GoodPlace".Atthetime,longbeforemobiletechnologiesbecamewidespread,MrOldenburgwantedto(60)___betweenthesociologicalfunctionsofpeople'sfirstplaces(theirhomes),theirsecondplaces(offices)an