Aspiring to Urban Invisibility
Urban space as we know it is above all a space created by, and for, economic activities. The type of city we call ‘modern,’ for example New York, London and Shanghai, all typify architectural typologies created for capitalist life-worlds; for example, the skyscraper in New York, or the lane-house co...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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professionaldreamers
2015-03-01
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| Series: | lo Squaderno |
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| Online Access: | http://www.losquaderno.professionaldreamers.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/losquaderno35.pdf#page=9 |
| Summary: | Urban space as we know it is above all a space created by, and for, economic activities. The type of city we call ‘modern,’ for example New York, London and Shanghai, all typify architectural typologies created for capitalist life-worlds; for example, the skyscraper in New York, or the lane-house community in Shanghai. In the city, vision is concentrated intensely on ways to advance the self, with the commonly acknowledged means of assessment being money itself. |
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| ISSN: | 1973-9141 |