The Dynamic Labyrinth
The liberation of behaviour requires a social space that is labyrinthine,
but at the same time continually subject to modification. There will no
longer be any centre to be reached, but instead an infinite number of
moving centres. There will no longer be any chance of getting off track
in the sense of getting lost, but rather in the more positive sense of
finding previously unknown paths. Under the influence of these "detours,"
the labyrinth itself changes shape. I call this uninterrupted process of
creation and destruction the "dynamic labyrinth." Practically nothing is
yet known about this dynamic labyrinth. It is clear that such a process
could only be planned or projected while at the same time being carried
out, which will be impossible as long as society maintains is utilitarian
nature. In a ludic society, urban planning will automatically have the
attributes of a dynamic labyrinth.
The continual creation and re-creation of modes of behaviour requires the
endless construction and reconstruction of their setting.
This, then, is unified urbanism.
-- Constant, The Principle of Disorientation
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