What city …? On the need of reformulating the question
This paper tries to question a certain trend to criticize functionalism in urban planning from a similar functional adapted concepts or points of view. Much of this criticism just leads us to an urban practice which merely introduces changes in the program, worse if only in the domestic scale. It is...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Universidad de Alicante
2011-06-01
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| Series: | Feminismo/s |
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| Online Access: | https://feminismos.ua.es/article/view/2011-n17-que-ciudad-acerca-de-la-necesidad-de-reformular-la-pregunta |
| Summary: | This paper tries to question a certain trend to criticize functionalism in urban planning from a similar functional adapted concepts or points of view. Much of this criticism just leads us to an urban practice which merely introduces changes in the program, worse if only in the domestic scale. It is necessary to look further, looking for a real change, not just in the use of terms. The answer must be the complex city, even if not perfect and difficult to face in its dynamics, avoiding the easier simple answer: to try to project some kind of utopia. The just and equal city will be complex or just won't be. |
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| ISSN: | 1696-8166 1989-9998 |