Make cities, not buildings

摘要

Warning: the following text offers no answers to the urgent question about the city or urbanism and its predicaments. It is written with the intention to generate a sense of urgency to act on the city; it is addressed to those schools which still think that architecture is merely about the making of beautifully detailed objects for the bourgeoisie. Once upon a time There was an article in The Independent of 4 April 2011 entitled The death of architecture. In it, Jay Merrick began by saying; "Unless you're a starchitect, chances are you'll end up creating mediocre glass-clad hangars. Does the problem lie with the profession, or the politicians in charge of our towns and cities?"