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Signs about Signs

 FROM “EMERGENCE: THE CONNECTED LIVE OF ANTS, BRAINS, CITIES, AND SOFTWARE” BY STEVEN JOHNSON. 2001  Chapter Number 2 – Street Level  Guy Debord (1956) Theory of the Dérive Steven Johnson explained the idea of a city as a system that celebrates the power of a city in its locality and in the everyday local interactions that [...]

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Blurred Boundries

  Tarzans in the Media forest – Toyo Ito Peter Cook, Sponge Building 1974 In the text, Toyo Ito questions the 20th century principles of modern architecture and the role of an architect to create artificial environments for human beings. The relationship of buildings with the context in a capitalist economy is complex and the [...]

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