“We are living in the time of ultimate mobility and change. Human space and interaction no longer work the way we knew, since it is not now so important who and where we are as how we connect to things. It’s all about connections and networks. This change is mainly introduced by the ever-developing digital technologies that have modified the way we live and work and even the way we create history and our personal memories.
Here lies the danger though of a growing deterritorialization and decontextualization of our cities and architecture in general, against which planners have long remained numb. It is just about time to take a close look on how buildings and cities are affected and what strategy should we, as architects and urban planners, follow in order to preserve all the complexity of urban life closely integrated in the urban fabric”.
part of an essay composed during the Master Program 07-08 at IaaC, Barcelona tutor:Neil Leach
