Nowadays, people are using new forms of technology in order to interact with each other and with those responsive tools. But this is like playing squash which in that two player are playing with each other and the ball. The wall as the constant element of the game is not playing an interactive role. But the city which its urban networks are live should not contain any constant element. The real live network is when the elements are not dividable to active or passive. For example, in a road trip it is only the driver who is using the car and some applications to navigate the car; we do not see any smart action from the road. The next step is to providing the last part of today’s urban network which is now absent. This is what our new infrastructure should be, it is maybe what the CIAM congresses were looking for. This can be the city as communication device. Now we are in the disconnection era. But we will connect soon. Maybe it is really the downfall of the modern city and the next connection is going to happen in a virtual world, not through modifying our pedestrians and roads. MMORPGs which make possible online meetings of individuals, are the primary signs of the next generation of cities for us.
11.02.2014