Absence, n:
the fact of someone or something not existing or not being available; a lack of something

Discreteness, n
The quality of being separate or distinct.

• Vacant building plots
• Building separation
• Parking
• Streets
• Rivers
• Underground Discharge Channel
• Road SetbacksVoids
• Height restrictive slant plane
• Green Places
• underpasses
• Cemeteries
• Sport Places

The concept of "ma" (間) in Japanese has a very particular and subtle meaning. It represents the space, the pause, or the interval between two elements. This can be interpreted in a physical, temporal, or even emotional sense. The word "ma" suggests the idea of a space "full of potential," an interval that holds value in and of itself.

"The Japanese have always postulated the existance of what is called oku (innermost area) [...] the concept of oku has enabled them to elaborate and give depth to even a delimited area"

Nothing is harder, yet nothing is more necessary than to speak of certain things whose existence is neither demonstrable nor probable. The very fact that serious and conscientious men treat them as existing things brings them a step closer to existence and to the possibility of being born.