SPACE: the HETEROTOPIC DIMENSION

Many have written about the seemingly chaotic and incoherent evolution of contemporary cities, of the endless development and lack of connection between structure and inhabitation. When one examines urban growth during the last several decades it is evident that traditionally recognizable urban spaces, forms, and elements have given way to a more complex and elusive interplay of spaces, constructions, and technologies; in other words a new type of urban development has emerged. In particular, changes to urban space, and its definition, have had enormous impact on how cities are evolving. Henri Lefebvre affirms that we are “confronted by an indefinite