ARCHINESIA 03

“DOES ARCHITECTURE SHAPE THE CITY, OR VICE VERSA?”

When we first set foot on a city, the first objects we are aware of are the buildings standing on it, because architecture is a visual object that most strongly shape thef face of any city. Then, inevictable, the question arises in our minds: “Does architecture shape the city, or vice versa?” We asked the question to several urban experts and they all said that a city is not only shaped by its architecture, but also by its government policies, politics, economy, capital, people, transportation, and even by events held inside it.

In this volume, ARCHINESIA Bookgazine observes and discusses cities in their relation to architecure. The miniscule observations are of course insufficient to answer all your questions about cities and architecture. But they will at least try to give you an idea of how the relation between a city and its architecture can affect each other, how architecture may fill a void, or even have its functions questioned and ontested, since, in essence, architecture is meant to improve the quality of the people that conducted their activities inside it.