# home (shelter)

A setting where an arrangement of boundaries persists as a place.

- Computed level: L4 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: common  ·  Arena: home

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [setting](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-setting.contextual), [structure](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-structure.arrangement), [arrangement](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-arrangement.spatial), [boundary](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-boundary.limit), [persist](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-persist.continue), [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent)

**Through:** A setting and an arrangement of boundaries together persist as a place.

**Novel properties:**
- enduring spatial containment
- localized persistence
- shared continuity of place

## Examples
- The International Space Station maintains a pressurized hull at 1 atm, shielding astronauts from vacuum. *(engineering)*
- Yellowstone's geothermal basins persist as hydrothermal pools within caldera boundaries shaped by volcanic activity. *(geology)*
- A beehive in a hollow oak in Epping Forest retains a stable internal temperature despite outside frost. *(biology)*

## Used by
- [building](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-building.structure) (L16)
- [family](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-family.social) (L7)
- [inn](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-inn.lodging) (L17)

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-home.shelter*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-home.shelter.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*