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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Main Author: Javier Ruiz Sánchez
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de Alicante 2011-06-01
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
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description 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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spelling doaj.art-836dd9388d1343bf80969840b30374fc2022-12-21T19:41:19ZspaUniversidad de AlicanteFeminismo/s1696-81661989-99982011-06-01017234310.14198/fem.2011.17.025024What city …? On the need of reformulating the questionJavier Ruiz Sánchez0Universidad Politécnica de MadridThis 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.https://feminismos.ua.es/article/view/2011-n17-que-ciudad-acerca-de-la-necesidad-de-reformular-la-preguntaurbanismocomplejidad urbanaciudad funcionalista
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What city …? On the need of reformulating the question
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urbanismo
complejidad urbana
ciudad funcionalista
title What city …? On the need of reformulating the question
title_full What city …? On the need of reformulating the question
title_fullStr What city …? On the need of reformulating the question
title_full_unstemmed What city …? On the need of reformulating the question
title_short What city …? On the need of reformulating the question
title_sort what city on the need of reformulating the question
topic urbanismo
complejidad urbana
ciudad funcionalista
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