in
every generic city there are a series of parks, plazas and promenades all meant
to serve as a means of public space unique to that specific city, its history,
and its present developments
“the
generic city is not held together by an over-demanding public realm”… “but by
the residual”
in
the original model of the moderns the residual was merely green but in the
generic city the vegetal is transformed into
the
EDENIC RESIDUE: a hybrid of politics and landscape
(PARKS|PLAZAS|PROMENADES)
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PARK|
la sants
in
reality these public spaces all become comparable to previously visited parks,
plazas and promenades that people move through independent of a destination
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PLAZA|
plaça de catalunya
they
arrive at these destinations and feel as though they are embracing the culture
but in reality what they are feeling is this notion of general memories, a
déjà vu memory ultimately condensing
the entire past in a single complex
people
come to gather at this plaza for it is known to be the center of Barcelona, but
once reaching this destination they sit around take pictures for just a few
moments realizing that they feel familiar with it and then go to stores which
anchor the plaza and seem more attractive than the historical landmark
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PROMENADE|
las ramblas
in
every one of these destinations the same and only activity occurs: shopping so
instead of embracing a city so heavily embedded in culture and history people
continue the déjàvu and
shop
a
place where people from around the world recognize the name of and come to walk
down the busy streets of because they believe it is the essence of Barcelona
when in actuality it is just another promenade with shopping as the main
activity
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