Are You My Mother? - An Exploration Into the Bonds Between People and Places Part 1 Dissertation 2016 Phillipa Longson London Metropolitan University | UK Throughout their lives, people form deep, emotional and long-lasting bonds with one another. And they do this with places too. But while a great deal is understood about the intricacies of interpersonal attachments, relatively little is known about our attachments to spaces or how to design for them. This theme is investigated through three fields of research that don’t often sit side-by-side in an attempt to gain a fresh perspective. Tutor(s) Joseph Kohlmaier