The phrase "a protected space" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to an area or environment that is safeguarded or shielded from harm or intrusion.
Example: "The community center serves as a protected space for individuals seeking support and safety."
Alternatives: "a safe environment" or "a secure area".
"This is in a sense a protected space to see if it works," Dr. Lander said.
It would include a protected space that would preclude workmen coming in during class.
Kayakers are given a protected space, marked by buoys, to avoid being rammed by ball-hungry powerboats and sailboats.
The subjects are in charge of their own construction in a protected space where movement and liberty seem possible.
In this reading, Eden is a protected space but also a hermetic one, sterile rather than fertile, stripped down to reveal its prison-like essence.
Kudos to Dr. Janos Marton for his humane and humanistic work with the mentally ill ("A Protected Space, Where Art Comes Calling," July 30).
While most of the time they are eager to share their idea with the world, sometimes they need a private, protected space where they can be introspective, pivot, and innovate.
Wendy Wasserstein's life certainly suggests the possibility that she treated her private life as a kind of protected space.
But over the years the band also served to create a safe and protected space, where its members could freely express themselves.
Such "child-friendly spaces" are designed to serve as a safe and protected space for children in times of emergency.
In an older part of the town, where apartment buildings have no protected space, a few dozen residents and youths demonstrated angrily on Thursday evening, burning tires in the middle of a street and denouncing Mr. Olmert for not taking tougher action against militants.
