from popupcity.net
The Wall: the most insane and pointless invention in the history of architecture.
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| Berlin Wall |
"Essentially, these communities enforce separation between social classes. Interesting here is the fact that the rich politely choose to lock themselves out of the rest of society. On the other hand, Michel Foucault believed that the legal systems only serves the upper classes, and functions as a mechanism to segregate “the most dynamic of the lowest social class from the rest of society, then forced them together as a group of outcasts, thus rendering them politically harmless”.
This is what actually happens in Rio de Janeiro, where the local authorities decided to build a wall around the favela Morro Dona Marta. The underlying reason is the same as that of the gated community, which is the creation of a spatial division between rich and poor, but the perspective is different. The poor are pushed away from society.
It’s not about its physical presence, but rather about its mental and emotional significance
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| Palestinian Wall |
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| Brasillian Gated community |
