Architecture: the Geontopolitics of Knowledge and Time

2018-01-02T09:00:00-05:00

“Where is Vermilion Sands? I suppose its spiritual home lies somewhere between Arizona and Ipanema Beach, but in recent years I have been delighted to see it popping up elsewhere — above all, in sections of the 3,000-mile-long linear city that stretches from Gibraltar to Glyfada Beach along the northern shores of the Mediterranean, and where each summer Europe lies on its back in the sun. That posture, of course, is the hallmark of Vermilion Sands and, I hope, of the future—not merely that no-one has to work, but that work is the ultimate play, and play the ultimate work.”

- J.G. Ballard, preface to Vermilion Sands, 1975

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Architecture: the Geontopolitics of Knowledge and Time