Un-Conscious-City [Paperback]

No one demands that people move to cities; people tend to do so, on their own. People choose to move to cities for opportunity. Such choices are often made unconsciously, as they are based on rules, traditions, and local communitiesor a combination of all three. Un-Conscious-City explores and unravels Dutch architect Wiel Arets kaleidoscopic viewpoints on the ways the collective, unconscious decisions taken by the worlds citizens throughout timea process that remains invisible to the naked eyeare now working to transform and shift the physical, sensory, and emotional experiences of human beings, as they navigate and live in todays metropolises as well as the countryside. People tend to only belong to one religion, one society, or one clubwhich completely defines their existence. One day most human beings will live in a global?nomadic-urban-condition; this will soon be amplified to unknown heights. Un-Conscious-City raises questions, predicaments, and ideals regarding the future of our cities, while recognizing their limitations. Wiel Aretsrenowned architect, writer, and thinkeridentifies this condition as the Un-Conscious-City.ES Un-Conscious-City raises questions, predicaments, and ideals regarding the future of our cities, while recognizing their limitations which Aret identifies this condition as the Un-Conscious-City.Critique: Enhanced throughout will illustrations, Un-Conscious-City is an extraordinary and occasionally iconoclastic study that will prove to be of especial interest to urban planners, architects, governmental policy makers, demographers, and sociologists. Thoughtful and thought-provoking, Un-Conscious-City is unreservedly recommended for community, college, and university collections. --Midwest Book Review