Roofs -

: Ancient texts even describe roofs as transformative spaces. One story tells of friends who couldn't get a paralyzed man through a crowded house to see a healer, so they climbed onto the roof—made of wooden beams and clay—and lowered him down, turning a barrier into a doorway.

This wasn’t just a design choice; it was a way of life. By day, these interconnected roofs functioned as public courtyards where the village came alive with the sounds of merchants and children playing. By night, the same spaces returned to being private sanctuaries for the families living beneath them. Roofs have always held a symbolic power in stories: : Ancient texts even describe roofs as transformative spaces

: In children's literature, like Phillip Pullman’s Northern Lights , the rooftops of Jericho are a "playground of warfare" and a place of absolute freedom for the protagonist, Lyra. By day, these interconnected roofs functioned as public

: Lewis Carroll used the concept of roofs in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to explore Alice's struggle with her own size—growing until she literally pushed against the ceiling and roof of a house. : Lewis Carroll used the concept of roofs