City Of The Future - another approach

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Hi list!

Kim wrote:
>>I thought the title was fitting due to the current world =
situation...it is
not an overt political theme for the project but it implies hope for a =
city
in the future...so while this could mean 'Baghdad' it could also mean =
the
city you live in/near or a city you like to visit...a city could also
represent any large collection of various types and races of people...

so far i've noticed that almost everybody has taken the "sci-fi" =
approach to the project, and that's ok; i'm big fan of sci-fi movies and =
even bigger fan of stanislaw lem's books (the author of solaris), but =
there is the other side of this invitation: thinking about the city of =
the future.

ok, i'm an architect and urbanist and this project touched me in a =
special way. i'm inviting you to investigate the philosophy of =
contemporary urbanism> the cities we see in most sci-fi movies from =
metropolis to blade runner are representations of a culture of =
accumulation, while other approaches corresponding to a culture of =
fluxes, for instance, don't have a representation in any movie i know so =
far.

the golden years of urbanism are full of visual ideas (and idealism). =
search for Le Corbusier's plans in the early '30s. just to mention one. =
all of them are in a way at the same point that microsound is in its own =
discipline. all about aesthetics, all about politic, something i can't =
put toghether nor separate.

greetings for all

<crlos>
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