Is urbanisation inevitable, or is it time to rethink the role of cities in human existence?

Designing Disorder by Richard Sennett and Pablo Sendra, Verso. Richard Sennett said it 50 years ago in The Uses of Disorder and he is saying it still: our cities should be less prescriptive and more uncertain. Only then will their inhabitants be able to enjoy, and benefit from, the complexity of experiences that may evolve. In Designing Disorder, co-written with architect/activist Pablo Sendra, the American urbanist-cum-sociologist makes the most of a second opportunity to rail at the…

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