1/ ROADS / STREETS WITH LOW SPEED -- COMMUNICATION (STRUCTURES AND FORMS OF URBAN AND ARCHITECTURAL SURFACES, EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION OF COMMERCE,. . . “IN THE SERVICE OF CITY ORGANISM/MACHINE “ . . .) IN A SMALL SCALE WITH LARGE AMOUNT OF DETAILS (BIG MASS OF SUPPLY AN DEMAND FOR COVERING MOMENTARY NEEDS/WANTS OF UNITS) IN EXPECTING/WAITING FOR AN ANSWER/INTERACTION IN THE SAME SPACE AND TIME.
2/ ROADS / STREETS WITH HIGH SPEED -- COMMUNICATION IS HAPPENING IN A LARGE SCALE AND SHORT TIME INTERVAL (“LARGE AREA” AND “LARGE VOLUME” ARCHITECTURE, BILLBOARD … ). THE STRUCTURE OF URBAN SURFACES IS IN A DIFFERENT SCALE – DOES NOT ENCOURAGE DIALOGUE BUT ONLY MONOLOGUE – UNITS OF EXCHANGE ARE ATTACKED BY INFORMATION. FROM OUTSIDE WITHOUT EXPECTING AN ANSWER/INTERACTION. THIS ANSWER/INTERACTION IS EXPECTED IN A DIFFERENT TIME AND SPACE (e.g. ADVERTISEMENT).
=> IT IS COMMUNICATION WITH BIGGER REACH/EFFECT (IN TIME AND SPACE) AND BIGGER INFLUENCE IN TERMS OF QUANTITY OF UNITS AND ABILITY TO INFLUENCE FAR-REACHING PROCESSES AT LARGER SCALES – AS INSTRUMENTS OF SUPER ORGANISM (SEEM TO BE INNOCENTLY CATERING TO LONG-TERM NEEDS/WANTS AND AIMS OF THE UNITS BUT ACTUALLY DEVELOP PROCESSES FOR THE PROFIT OF THE MACHINE)
HIGHER SPEED OF EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION. (IN TIME AS WELL AS PHYSICALLY) IMPLIES LOWER LEVEL OF PERCEPTION BY UNITS. THIS NON-PERCEPTIBILITY CAN BE/IS ONE OF THE INSTRUMENTS OF SUPER ORGANISM/MACHINE FOR EXERTING A GREATER CONTROL OVER THE UNITS – DEVELOP OWN PROCESSES WHICH ARE INDEPENDENT OF AND ILLEGIBLE FOR THE UNITS.
A SPACE CONTAINS A VARIETY OF SPEEDS (FOR EXAMPLE SPEED CAN BE HIGHER IN THE MIDDLE OF STREAM AND LOWER ON THE EDGES AND CAN ALSO DEPEND UPON TECHNICAL ASPECTS) AND SO STRUCTURE OF SCALES OF ARCHITECTURAL/URBAN LANGUAGE ALSO VARIES (CAN EVEN OCCUR ON THE SAME BUILDING).
“STREET MASS”(AS A SUPPLY AND DEMAND)
"STREET MASS" OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND FOLLOW SPACES THAT HAVE POSSIBILITIES OF INTERACTIONS. THE HIGHER SPEED CAUSES A RAPID CHANGE OF SUBJECT UNITS BUT AT A CERTAIN LEVEL OF SPEED (SOME LIMIT) ABILITY TO PERCEIVE IMPULSES OF "MASS" DISAPPEARS. FOR "STREET MASS" IDEAL CONDITION IS A STREET WITH A MAXIMUM CAPACITY AND MINIMUM SPEED. BUT BECAUSE CAPACITY DEPENDS UPON SPEED (NOT TO DENY THAT INTENTIONS OF THE CITY MACHINE ALSO DETERMINE THE CAPACITY OF VARIOUS STREETS), MAXIMUM SPEED IN WHICH IT IS POSSIBLE TO PERCEIVE ALL NECESSARY IMPULSES (FROM STREET MASS) IS PREFERABLE.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT APART FROM SUPPLY OF "MASS" THERE ARE OTHER REASON (POINTS OF CROSSING, MEETING, DISRUPTION) WHICH SLOW DOWN OR STOP THE MOVEMENT OF THE UNITS OF EXCHANGE.
STREET MASS FOLLOWS SUCH AREAS WHERE MOVEMENT IS SLOWED DOWN OR STOPPED/INTERRUPTED AND CHANGE OF FUNCTION (IN THE LEVELS OF “P”, “C”, “E”, “D” ) IS INITIATED, AND IN THIS PROCESS IT ALSO CREATES MORE CONDITIONS FOR THIS STOPS/INTERRUPTIONS TO HAPPEN.
STREET MASS HAS AN AFFINITY FOR EDGES THAT ARE FUNCTIONAL BETWEEN/IN DIFFERENT AREAS OR PLACES. THE BOOTH/BOX - SALESMAN IN BOX.
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TWO BOXES IN THE COLUMN
BOX 1
BOX 1 - SPACE OF PRODUCTION CONSUMPTION (SUPPLYING)
BOX 2 - DOMICILE (SLEEPING)
SUPPLY FOR BOX 1 (SERVICE FOR SPACE OF PRODUCTION) - ENLARGING OF ABILITY OF PRODUCTION - SOMETIME FOR THE SALESMAN TO STAND
SAME AS NORMAL SHOP, BUT DIVIDING OF SPACE IS HORIZONTAL NOT VERTICAL <= MINIMALIZATION + SITTING
DOMICILE OF BOOTH IS PARTIAL. ASPECT OF SOCIALISATION IS ABSENT (SPACE ONLY FOR ONE PERSON). SAME ASPECT OF SANITATION IS ABSENT (HYGIENE, TOILET, EATING, . . .) IS THERE ASPECT OF SHELTER AND ISOLATION.
PRODUCTION/CONSUMPTION ARE DEPENDENT UPON EXCHANGE (IN FRONT OF BOOTH). IF EXCHANGE IS NOT SUFFICIENT, PRODUCTION/CONSUMPTION VANISH. BECAUSE POSITION ON THE STREET IS STATIONARY PRODUCTION DEPENDS ON THE TIME OF DAY/NIGHT (IN COMPARISON WITH CART SALE, DEPENDENCE OF BOOTH SALE FROM TIME IS BIGGER BECAUSE BOOTH CAN NOT CHANGE POSITION).
PRODUCTION AND DOMICILE ELIMINATE EACH OTHER IN TIME (PLACE IS SAME) - BORDERS BETWEEN SPACES IN TIME, NOT IN SPACE:
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THE POSITION OF THE BOOTHS IS IN THE BORDERS BETWEEN "EXCHANGE" AND PRODUCTION (OR IN THE BORDER OF EXCHANGE)
SPACE OF BREAK IN "EXCHANGE" - SPACE OF EXCHANGE OF FUNCTIONS = SPACE FOR BOOTHS
THE CART SALESMAN
THE CART IS A SPACE OF:
a. PRODUCTION (SALE)
b. EXCHANGE (TRANSFER)
c. CONSUMPTION (SUPPLY)
THE TIME OF PRODUCTION IS FAR GREATER THEN THE TIME OF PRODUCTION. THE VOLUME OF PRODUCTION IS SAME AS THE VOLUME OF CONSUMPTION.
PRODUCTION IS INVERSELY PROPORTIONAL TO THE TIME OF EXCHANGE (THE MORE HE CHANGES HIS POSITION, THE LESS HE SELLS).
SPACE OF PRODUCTION IS DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL TO THE ABILITY TO PRODUCE
POTENTIAL SPACE OF PRODUCTION ~ SPACE OF COMMUNICATION.
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TWO TYPES OF SALE:
a. FROM MOVING CART (HOUSING AREAS)
-- CIRCULAR MOTION
-- LINEAR MOTION
b. FROM (TEMPORARY) STATIONARY CART
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DOMESTIC/SEMI DOMESTIC I -
SALESMAN IS MOVING TO SOME POINT AND HE IS COMING BACK BY THE SAME WAY (HE IS AT DIFFERENT TIMES IN THE SAME PLACE > PLACE OF CONSUMPTION IS STATIC).
DOMESTIC/SEMI DOMESTIC II -
SALESMAN IS MAKING CIRCLE a. REGULARLY and b. IRREGULARLY
NOMADIC - DIFFERENT TIME, DIFFERENT PLACES OF CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION, CART IS ALSO SPACE OF DOMICILE
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HOMELESS PEOPLE
HOMELESS - HAVE A STATIONARY POSITION/POINT WHERE THEY SLEEP, TAKE WATER, USE TOILET… …DOMICILE. THEY REPRESENT DOMESTIC MODE OF EXISTENCE
HOMELESS - DOES NOT HAVE "HOME POINT". THEY REPRESENT NOMADIC MODE OF EXISTENCE
CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE GIVES THEM RELATIVELY GREATER SECURITY.
THEY NEEDS OF WATER, FOOD,… - MOST EASILY AVAILABLE AMONG OTHER PEOPLE.
CASUAL LABOUR, BEGGING, COLLECTING OF RUBBISH (NOT NECESSARY) - OCCASIONS IN PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION.
NEED OF SOCIALISATION AND CO-OPERATION (MAYBE).
EXCHANGE CROSSING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SEPARATE PARTS OF DOMICILE
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SOME PARTS OF DOMICILE ARE COMMON FOR MORE NUMBER OF PEOPLE (WATER, TOILET, FOOD) => GIVES RISE TO SOME NETWORKS.
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HOMELESS OCCUPY OR FOLLOW EMPTY SPACES BEHIND BORDERS OF OTHER SPACES (PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION, OTHER DOMICILE, EXCHANGE)
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DEPENDING UPON TIME > IN THE NIGHT, EXCHANGE IS MINIMAL, BORDERS OF DOMICILE ARE MOVING (ENLARGE). IN THE MORNING, DOMICILE EITHER VANISHES OR ITS BORDERS MINIMALIZE (DURING THE DAY DOMICILE CAN BE ONLY POTENTIAL, TO STORE BED AND STUFF)
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COWS
DOMESTIC - BRED FOR MILK (ALSO WATER BUFFALOS), MOVE IN GROUPS FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER UNDER CONTROL OF HERDSMEN. ROUTE IS THE SAME EVERY TIME (RELATIVELY)
NOMADIC - THEY ARE PASSING THROUGH CITY, EAT STREET RUBBISH AND REST (CONSUMPTION - CLEANING). THEY PRODUCE MILK - FOOD AND EXCREMENT WHICH ARE USED AS A FUEL(DRIED)
COWS FROM BOTH TYPES "EXCHANGE" AND INTERRUPT THE FLOW. THEY OBJECT OF WORSHIP
CONSUMPTION(PLANTS, FOOD LEFTOVERS, PAPERS, RUBBISH…) > EXCHANGE (MOVE, RELIGION…) > PRODUCTION (MILK, EXCREMENT, NEW COWS)
MACHINE CIRCLE
CONSUMPTION OF MACHINE > LEFTOVERS > CONSUMPTION OF COW > MILK, EXCREMENT, COWS > CONSUMPTION OF MACHINE
MILKING:
a. REGULAR > STATIONARY POINT
b. ACCIDENTAL
c. NO MILKING
JOIN THE MACHINE:
STOP - CONSUMPTION, PRODUCTION
MOVE - EXCHANGE (INTERRUPT + FLOW OF EXCHANGE)
TYPES OF MOVEMENT:
CONTINUAL MOVEMENT WITH SHORT STEPS FOR CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION AND WITH FEW BIG STOPS > FROM BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM OF COW
INTERACTIONS - TYPOLOGY IN/OF SPACE
1/ DOMICILE:
a/ HOUSING
b/ APARTMENTS
c/ COLONIES/SLUMS
a/ HOUSING: PRIVATE HOUSES REPRESENT SUBSYSTEMS WITH THEIR OWN RULES (RELATIVELY; "HOME" AS SUCH COMES FROM THIS CONCEPT, AND ITS OPPOSITE IS PRISON, WHERE ALL THE RULES ARE IMPOSED UPON THE UNIT BY OUTSIDE AGENCIES).FOR BETTER CONTROL AND CO-ORDINATION OF THESE SUBSYSTEM, CONTACT POINT WITH OUTSIDE SYSTEM IS ONLY ONE (OR MINIMUM) => MINIMISATION OF INTERACTIONS IN SPACE.
BECAUSE CONSUMPTION IS HAPPENING INSIDE THE SUBSYSTEM (OR OFTEN IN ANOTHER, FAR AWAY PLACE) AND EXCHANGE IS HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF THE AREA (IT IS COMING FROM RHYTHM OF UNITS OF SUBSYSTEM) => EXCHANGE IS MINIMAL IN TIME .
SPACE FOR INTERACTION (ALONG THE STREET) IS MINIMAL, WHICH INFLUENCES (TOGETHER WITH DENSITY OF EXCHANGE WHICH IS MINIMAL => LOW CAPACITY) CAPACITY, ITS FLEXIBILITY AND SPEED. (WHICH MEANS THAT IN MINIMAL SPACE FOR EXCHANGE, SPEED IS CORRECTED/CONTROLLED THROUGH DENSITY AND PHYSICAL URBAN SURFACES ; DISTANCE IS SHORT) AND THIS IN RETURN SLOWS DOWN THE SPEED.
FROM MINIMAL EXCHANGE => IN AREAS OF PRIVATE HOUSES, THE AMOUNT OF ELEMENTS OTHER THAN PRIVATE HOUSES IS LIMITED TO MINIMUM AND THESE AREAS FOLLOW/MAKE POSITION/CONDITIONS WITH MINIMAL EXCHANGE AND ESTABLISH/FOLLOW GOOD CONFECTIONS WITH MAXIMUM EXCHANGE ZONES.
THESE HAVE A CONNECTION WITH ACCUMULATION OF ENERGY IN AND OPERATIONAL POTENTIAL OF SEPARATE UNITS OF SUBSYSTEM, AS INSTRUMENT AND RESULT OF THEIR CONNECTION TO THE SYSTEM OF CITY WHICH IN TURN MIRRORS THE FUNCTIONAL SYSTEM/STRUCTURE OF SOCIETY.
b/ APARTMENTS: CONCENTRATION OF INTERACTION IN SPACE IS HIGHER THAN IN AREAS OF INDIVIDUAL PRIVATE HOUSES. HIGHER MINIMISATION OF AMOUNT OF POINTS OF INTERACTION [IN AREAS OF PRIVATE HOUSES, THERE ARE ON THE STREET, TWENTY POINTS INTERACTION FOR TWENTY SUBSYSTEMS (HOUSES); IN AREAS OF APARTMENT HOUSES THERE IS ONE POINT OF INTERACTION FOR TWENTY SUBSYSTEMS (FLATS) – SEMISYSTEM – COMMON SPACE IN HOUSE]
DENSITY OF INTERACTIONS IN THE TIME IS HIGHER – INTERACTIONS MORE OFTEN THAN IN PRIVATE HOUSES AREAS (IN THE SAME SPACE - SPACE OF ONE POINT OF INTERACTION – BIGGER AMOUNT OF UNITS)
UNITS OF APARTMENT`S SUBSYSTEMS USE DIFFERENT MEANS OF TRAFFIC (MOST OF THE TIME, NOT NECESSARILY) => LOWER MOBILITY OF UNITS AND A STRONGER DEPENDENCE UPON CONNECTION WITH “ POINTS OF INTERACTION TO TRAFFIC” AS BUS STOPS, RICKSHAW STOPS…
THERE ARE NO COMPONENTS OTHER THAN THOSE OF “DOMICILE”. APARTMENTS HOUSING AREAS ARE BUILT ALMOST AS MONO FUNCTIONAL IN CERTAIN CASES THEY INCORPORATE SOME OTHER FUNCTIONS, BUT THAT DEPENDS UPON THE SIZE AND LOCATION (IN THE CITY) OF THE AREA AND ITS IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS.
IN APARTMENT HOUSES, THE SUBSYSTEMS ARE PARTS OF A SEMISYSTEM – THERE IS AN INTERMEDIATE STEP, WHICH MEDIATES CONTACT BETWEEN STREET AND SUBSYSTEM. EVEN GROUPS OF HOUSES (BUILDINGS) ARE SEPARATED FROM PURE PUBLIC SPACE -> THERE ARE A LOT OF SEMI PRIVATE SPACES (IN DIFFERENT GRADATION) WHICH MAKE CONDITIONS FOR HIGHER SOCIALISATION.
EVEN IF UNITS ARE NOT IN PRIVATE SPACE, THEY CAN BE PARTLY ISOLATED IN SEMIPRIVATE SPACE – SPACE FOR COMMUNICATION, SPACE FOR GAMES.
IN COMPARISON WITH APARTMENTS, IN AREAS OF PRIVATE HOUSES THE SEMIPRIVATE SPACE IS ABSENT – ALL CONTACT ACTIVITIES (COMMUNICATION, GAME…) HAVE TO HAPPEN IN PRIVATE SPACE OF SOME HOUSE OR ON THE STREET. => MORE CONTACTS OF PRIVATE CHARACTER BUT LESS AMOUNT OF CONTACTS IN GENERAL (SEMIPRIVATE AND PUBLIC CONTACTS ARE HAPPENING “OUTSIDE” – IN OTHER AREAS), SMALLER EXCHANGE OF IMPULSES, VISITORS.
IN AREAS OF PRIVATE HOUSES, STREET IS USED MORE AS A TECHNICAL INSTRUMENT WITHOUT COMMUNICATION AND CONTACTS, WHICH ARE MUCH HIGHER IN APARTMENT AREAS AND HIGHEST IN COLONIES AND SLUMS.
SHOPPING STREETS (STREETS OF PRODUCTION/ EXCHANGE/ CONSUMPTION) ARE BASED ON COMMUNICATION AND INTERACTIONS, BUT OF DIFFERENT CHARACTER.
ARCHITECTURE AS LANGUAGE, READING, AIMS AND MEANS
METHOD OF READING AND SPEED INFLUENCE SCALE AND LANGUAGE OF ARCHITECTURE.
PRIVATE HOUSES ARE AIMED TO BE READ BY THEIR INHABITANTS - BY SYSTEM OF THEIR LIFE IN/OUTSIDE. IT IS A RESULT OF THEIR INDIVIDUALITY AND ALSO AN EXPRESSION OF THEIR INDIVIDUALITY (AND ALSO INDIVIDUALITY OF DESIGNER) OR THEIR AIMS. IT IS AIMED TO BE READ ALSO BY THE VISITORS FROM OUT/ INSIDE.SOME PARTS OF THE HOUSE ARE READ ONLY OR ALMOST ONLY BY ITS INHABITANTS (BEDROOM, PRIVATE PARTS…) SOME OTHER PARTS FOR READING BY VISITORS, WITH VARIOUS AIMS – REPRESENTATION, IMPRESSION, FRIENDLY OR INTIMATE ATMOSPHERE… (GARDEN, ENTRANCE, LIVING ROOM…)
THIS IS NOT VALID IN CASES OF GROUPS OF HOUSING DESIGNED BY DEVELOPERS AND THEN OFFERED FOR SALE – COLONIES. THEY ARE SIMILAR TO APARTMENTS.
APARTMENTS ARE LESS INDIVIDUAL, THEY ARE AIMED AT PROVIDING FOR THE AVERAGE NEEDS AND DEMANDS OF THE PARTICULAR GROUP. (GROUP OR LEVEL OF SOCIETY FOR WHICH THESE APARTMENTS ARE DESIGNED) LANGUAGE OF THIS TYPE IS AIMED TO, AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, IMPRESS THE DEVELOPER’S CUSTOMERS. AVERAGES OF THE DEMANDS AND NEEDS ARE WORKED OUT BY THE DEVELOPERS OR ARCHITECTS OR BOTH AND BY OTHER MECHANISMS OF MARKET. INDIVIDUAL NEEDS AND DEMANDS OF SEPARATE UNITS MAY/ CAN BE FAR FROM THIS AVERAGE.
MEANS USED IN APARTMENTS ARE LESS STRONG IN EXPRESSION.
C/ SLUMS: SLUMS ARE BODIES OF PART OF SOCIETY, THE UNITS OF WHICH (OF THAT PART) HAVE VERY LESS POTENTIAL FOR ACTION. IT IS A PART OF SOCIETY WITH SMALLEST AMOUNT OF ENERGY AND MEANS (POWER) WITH INDIVIDUAL UNITS.
=> 1/ MEANS OF MOBILITY (OF SEPARATE UNITS ) ARE MINIMAL ( MOSTLY BY WALK ) -> SHORT DISTANCE BETWEEN PRODUCTION – EXCHANGE – CONSUMPTION. -> LOCATED NEAR POINTS OF HIGH “ EXCHANGE OF CITY MACHINE” (MASS OF PRODUCTION/ CONSUMPTION OF OTHER LEVELS OF CITY). THIS EXCHANGE CREATES SOURCES OF SUSTENANCE OF UNITS OF SLUM.
SHORT DISTANCES -> HIGH DENSITY OF URBAN STRUCTURE/ SETTLEMENT => HIGH DENSITY OF INTERACTIONS (OF SMALL SCALE)
a/ WALKING MOVEMENT -> MINIMAL SPEED AND DISTANCE FOR READING OF ARCHITECTURE AND INTERACTIONS WITH IT.
b/ BECAUSE A LARGE PART OF PRODUCTION – EXCHANGE – CONSUMPTION HAPPENING INSIDE THE SLUM -> TIME SPENT BY UNITS CLOSER TO (OR INSIDE OF) SLUM STRUCTURES INCREASES.
THIS ( a/ + b/ ) IMPLY VERY SMALL SCALE OF STRUCTURE OF THE SLUM.
=> 2/ HIGH NEED OF CO-OPERATION ALMOST THE UNITS OF SLUM [COMMON SOURCES, SPACES, COMMON POWER (POWER OF SEPARATE UNIT OF SLUM IS VERY LIMITED) FOR ANY BIGGER ACT, HELP…] => HIGH LEVEL OF SOCIALISATION THAT INFLUENCES CHARACTER AND DENSITY OF THE URBAN STRUCTURE. (THERE IS A MOVEMENT FROM “PRIVATE” TO “SEMIPRIVATE” OR DIFFERENT MEANING AND UNDERSTANDING {DIFFERENT BORDERS} OF “ PRIVATE”.
SLUM SOCIETY – MINIMUM
a. WEALTH
b. KNOWLEDGE / INFORMATION. / CONTROL
=> ABSENCE OF URBAN AND TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
=> DIFFERENT PROCESSES OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE URBAN STRUCTURE – NOT PLANNED (NO URBAN ARCHITECTONIC PRINCIPLE) BUT ORGANIC GROWTH. ALSO SEPARATE ELEMENTS – HOUSES GROW IN THIS WAY.
- SLUM, ITS FUNCTIONING AND GROWTH ARE OUT OF CONTROL OF OTHER PARTS OF SOCIETY e.g. GOVERNMENT REPRESENTING THESE OTHER PARTS. [OR IT DOES NOT FOLLOW IDEAS AND SOCIAL AGREEMENT OR MOTIVATIONS OF MOST OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY MACHINE, AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY THEY ARE IGNORED BY SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS. EXISTENCE OF SLUMS PARTLY DESTROYS SYSTEMS OF CONTROL AND MOTIVATE PSYCHOLOGICAL INFLUENCES FROM CITY MACHINE (SOCIETY) TO UNITS].
BUT IT IS NOT OUT OF CONTROL OF SOCIETY {AND CITY MACHINE) COMPLETELY BECAUSE SLUMS ARE PARTICIPANTS IN THE ASKING AND WORKING OF THIS “ MACHINE” – SLUMS PARTICIPATE IN THE CITY MACHINE AND ALSO DEPEND UPON CITY MACHINE – SAME AS ALL OTHER PARTS.
SLUMS HAVE JUST DIFFERENT SYSTEM OF CONTROL.
SLUMS AND CITY
SLUMS OCCUPY PLACES ALONG PHYSICAL BORDERS (ALSO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY) BECAUSE PHYSICAL BORDERS ARE BY SOME WAY “DEFINITIVE” AND SPACE ALONG BORDERS IS ALMOST FREE – IT IS CHARACTERISTIC OF BORDER – IT GIVES INSURANCE OF SPACE WHICH CAN BE OCCUPIED BY SLUMS WITHOUT DANGER OF EARLY DESTRUCTION OR CHANGE.
FOR THE SAME REASON, SLUMS FOLLOW PLACES WITH LOW OR ZERO SPEED OF DEVELOPMENT – NO DANGER OF REPLACING.
- PLACES WITH LOWER (LESSER) CONTROL (PLACES BEYOND THE LIMITS OF ATTENTION, NOT CLOSE TO POINTS OF STATE FORCE, POLICE OR IMPORTANT CENTRES OF PUBLIC LIFE…)
- PLACES WITH GOOD CONNECTION WITH POINTS OF “CITY MACHINE EXCHANGE”.
- PLACES WITH TRADITION (OF SLUMS) – PLACES WHERE “SLUM” IS AN EXCEPTED FACT BY SOCIETY AND CITY MACHINE SINCE A LONG TIME – WHERE SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS EXCEPTS THIS PLACE AS A “A PLACE OF SLUM” AND MOVEMENTS TO CHANGE THIS FACT (EXISTENCE OF SLUM) ARE SMALLER.