2024-05-05T12:07:19-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/139318561/a-tale-of-two-cities-the-archipelago-and-the-enclave Orhan Ayyüce 2015-10-19T14:33:00-04:00 >2022-03-16T09:10:02-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/41/41y2z8ap8l8bvtvm.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>The question to be addressed by confronting these different types of &lsquo;enclaves&rsquo;, is of the role of architect and the scarce influence of the architectural practice to affect the social realm. The intangible architectures that emerge from these urban ecologies create a wider system; an archipelago of enclaves can be found from one place to another, from one epoch to the next one</p></em><br /><br /><p>A big picture on "enclaves and archipelagos as built environment and social realities cities need to ultimately adopt and use these systems in their developmental urban design projects.&nbsp;</p><p>"This is a tale of two cities. One, designed and dreamt by the architect. The other, the result of regional, political and economic border disputes. The intangible architectures that conceptually emerge when we think on the relationship between the physical geography and the human geography, can be found in both cases through the notion of enclave. One, an architectural proposal, well designed and trying to challenge the rules of urban planning on those years. The latter, an example of several worldwide studies where the geopolitical situation provokes the creation of &lsquo;a city in the city&rsquo; &mdash;in Ungers&rsquo; words&mdash; by the enclaves that conforms these contemporary archipelagos of exclusion." [1]</p><p>[1]Florian Hertweck and S&eacute;bastien Marot (eds.),&nbsp;<em>The City in the City, Berlin: a Green Archipelago</em>&nbsp;(Lars M&uuml;ller Publi...</p>