You could listen to Emmanuel Launiau talk for hours about anything but real estate. Literature, which he loves, as evidenced by his desk littered with books to read. Writing, which he tries his hand at when he manages to squeeze a little time out of his diary. Art and painting, above all, hold a place in his life like no other. We could listen to Emmanuel Launiau talk for hours about his conception of the city, urbanity and living together, or literally, living with others.