Conclusion Architects who spend time to dimension the public sacred, that is who take responsibility for their user’s well-being, will be counted amongst those who contribute in a real and positive way to their communities. We require public sacred places in order to fulfill our fundamental human needs. Without these needs met, people will not be able to excel in other parts of their lives. In a world of threatening environmental collapse, the priority is likely to shift to survival only, but I would argue that the psychological realm of our humanity is equally, if not more important because it is at times so subtle and elusive. Creating quality environments available to anyone, anytime is simply essential and irreplaceable. The architectural cosmos—the universe that our profession operates within—is actually larger than is commonly practiced. We conventionally see the destination of our work to be the Construction Document or Post Occupancy Evaluation at best. However, we could be doing much more to deliver a product that not only functions in utility or beauty; we have the potential to awaken our communities to place values that combat fear, pseudo-adventuring, rootlessness, and untethered status seeking. Energy saved from these vices can be spent in quality ways instead, so it is our responsibility to use our skills for the noblest cause. In a 70-page paper Dimensioning the Public Sacred I have attempted to explain the full depth and breadth of the architectural cosmos (0-4 dimensions on the y-axis and tools of precision to intuition on the x-axis) and what it may mean to dimension the public sacred so that we may understand the full extent of where our profession can operate. I hope this will allow us to be intentional with our tools in order to produce the maximum outcome possible. Doing more with less, as Buckminster Fuller would say, is the key to a sustainable future. Why the public sacred over the private sacred? Because the public sacred has the power to be a connection, between architecture and landscape, past and present, public and private, macro and micro, near and far, systems and autonomy, community and self, life and death, human as organism and human as machine, this and that, you and me. Read the paper, also uploaded at this site, and see a 3-part video on the topic here: www.youtube.com/user/amberdaniela And view some of my work and contact me here: http://portfolio-amberdaniela.tumblr.com/