Digital Urban Acupuncture Human Ecosystems and the Life of Cities in
This book explores the possibility to observe the lives of cities through ubiquitous information obtained through social networks, sensors and other sources of data and information, and the ways in which this possibility describes a new form of Public Spa
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Digital Urban Acupuncture Human Ecosystems and the Life of Cities in the Age of Communication, Information and Knowledge
Digital Urban Acupuncture
Salvatore Iaconesi Oriana Persico •
Digital Urban Acupuncture Human Ecosystems and the Life of Cities in the Age of Communication, Information and Knowledge
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Oriana Persico ISIA Design Florence Rome Italy
Salvatore Iaconesi ISIA Design Florence Rome Italy
ISBN 978-3-319-43402-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-43403-2
ISBN 978-3-319-43403-2
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Preface
In Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, Norman Bates is split between two houses (Zizek 2006): the modern horizontal motel and his mother’s gothic house. He is constantly running between the two, not being able to find his own. This parallels his complex personality, impersonations, and (perceived) identity(ies): The two architectures represent Norman’s identities, and the continuous oscillations between the one and the other mimic their confrontation. Psycho is a product of modernity, in which this type of struggle is evident: In the change of the century, and after the wars, “home” becomes a complex concept, and a space of conflict, which becomes even more radicalized as the times of the revolutions of the young generations start appearing at the horizon, first with the signals of music and art, and then with the sexual revolution, the drugs, and the nomadic lifestyles which come with them at both physical, mental, and economic levels. The postmodern dimension tends to obfuscate this dimension. If a postmodern architect was to be involved in
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