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Hello Stranger: Phenomenology and Topography of the Megacity
Author(s) -
Bos Caroline
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.1475
Subject(s) - megacity , theme (computing) , aesthetics , phenomenology (philosophy) , experiential learning , sociology , media studies , history , visual arts , political science , epistemology , economy , art , law , computer science , philosophy , economics , operating system
Caroline Bos of UNStudio counters the city theme of this issue of Architectural Design with the spectre of the megacity. The very recent emergence and scale of the Asian megacity, she argues, requires a very different architectural treatment to the European or North American metropolis. It is one that should be understood through an experiential approach that brings to the fore spatial and visual relations between people, and people and things, asking, for instance, how so many strangers can be so visibly at home in public urban space.