Urbs et orbis: (Re)charting the center, (re)positioning the limits
The paper examines the concept of finiteness and its implications on urban space focusing on the relation between urban(ized) environment, social context and spatiotemporal perception. Furthermore, it analyzes and evaluates various roles which the notion of the center and the limit has had...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institute of Architecture, Urban & Spatial Planning of Serbia
2009-01-01
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| Series: | Spatium |
| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1450-569X/2009/1450-569X0920053S.pdf |
| Summary: | The paper examines the concept of finiteness and its implications on urban
space focusing on the relation between urban(ized) environment, social
context and spatiotemporal perception. Furthermore, it analyzes and evaluates
various roles which the notion of the center and the limit has had through
history - representing an inseparable part of traditional city planning or
being completely transformed in order to transmit and express contemporary
identity. Considered as a residue of a particular mythical narrative and a
distinctive feature of the first philosophical speculations, this concept was
rooted in primordial technical matrices of archaic and classical cities, but
its latest manifestation has distorted previous models. Consequently, the
original significance has been manipulated - shaping a new urban geography as
a post-modern, multi-scale setting for our future life. |
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| ISSN: | 1450-569X 2217-8066 |