INTRODUCTION.
Imagining the city of the future has always been a favorite topic for artists, writers and filmmakers. The evolution of humankind together with its aspirations can be reflected on their work. In a single image we may see creatively-shaped buildings together with extremely efficient means of transportation and, if we get into more detail, it is even possible to notice different social arrangements and the political strategies that control them. But when it comes to real-life logistics, who determines what this image will look like?
But these small urban areas have defined boundaries that make them remain isolated to their surroundings: a slice of “perfection� inside the chaos. What are the tools and methodologies used for this process that selects and defines areas? What happens on outside of these invisible boundaries? Together with the determination of a certain urban image that is thought for the masses, the identities of individuals are also shaped by the sense of belonging to a specific place, with particular characteristics and ways of living and thinking.
It seems as if all these elements are more intrinsically connected than it appears at first sight, and that it is precisely the city, and the way in which it was planned that becomes a political tool itself. With the ever-present idea of the masterplan that will solve any number of existing problems, we have designed fragments of cities that look, at least on paper, very much as this sought-after future many have envisioned.
With world population in constant movement for diverse reasons, wanted and unwanted new settlements appear all over the globe, some fall inside the boundary others do not. But living outside the boundary usually means having left an identity behind and start looking to build a new one.
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