This research concerns on ＂metropolis and metropolisation＂： what is new with the symbols of city local life and the emblems of global competition？ From New York, Rome, Barcelone, Paris and Bordeaux, the same quest...This research concerns on ＂metropolis and metropolisation＂： what is new with the symbols of city local life and the emblems of global competition？ From New York, Rome, Barcelone, Paris and Bordeaux, the same question demands specific answers： can we live and appreciate urban and metropolitan symbols and emblems together or on their own？ That is the question for towns and the future of their citizens. Confrontation of urban sites and observed places with the plural points of view of their establishment, their designers and urban skills, and their inhabitants and citizens. The combination of these several points of view always make a richer discovery than their disciplinary partition and monopoly.展开更多
文摘This research concerns on ＂metropolis and metropolisation＂： what is new with the symbols of city local life and the emblems of global competition？ From New York, Rome, Barcelone, Paris and Bordeaux, the same question demands specific answers： can we live and appreciate urban and metropolitan symbols and emblems together or on their own？ That is the question for towns and the future of their citizens. Confrontation of urban sites and observed places with the plural points of view of their establishment, their designers and urban skills, and their inhabitants and citizens. The combination of these several points of view always make a richer discovery than their disciplinary partition and monopoly.
