utopia

My conception of urban utopia is one of heterogeneous collage and intervention. What I find problematic about most American built environments is the constant desire for homogeneity in an effort to establish a fiction of history and continuity. I think that this can only lead to a distopic homogeneity which essentially halts the continued evolution and growth of built forms. I believe that this evolution and growth is precisely what lends urban environments depth and richness, and that the urban fabric should be treated as a site for experimentation and juxtaposition.