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1、fredricjamesonFUTURECITYheProjectontheCityassemblesresearchfromanongoinggraduateseminardirectedbyRemKoolhaasattheTHarvardSchoolofDesign;itsfirsttwovolumes—theGreatLeapForward,anexplorationofthedevelopmentofthePearlRiverDeltabetweenHongKongandMacao,andtheGuide
2、toShopping—havejustappearedinsumptuouseditions,fromTaschen.1Theseextraordinaryvolumesareutterlyunlikeanythingelseonecanfindintheprintmedia;neitherpicturebooksnorillustratedtext,theyareinmovement,likeacdrom,andtheirstatisticsarevisuallybeauti-ful,theirimagesle
3、gibletoadegree.Althougharchitectureisoneofthefewremainingartsinwhichthegreatauteursstillexist—andalthoughKoolhaasiscertainlyoneofthose—theseminarwhichhasproduceditsfirstresultsinthesetwovolumesisnotdedicatedtoarchitecturebutrathertotheexplorationofthecitytoda
4、y,inallitsuntheorizeddifferencefromtheclassicalurbanstruc-turethatexistedatleastupuntilWorldWarII.Modernarchitecturehasbeenboundupwithquestionsofurbanismsinceitseighteenthandnineteenthcenturybeginnings:SiegfriedGiedion’smodernistsumma,Space,TimeandArchitectur
5、e,forexample,beginswiththeBaroquerestructurationofRomebySixtusVandendswiththeRockefellerCentreandRobertMoses’sparkways,eventhoughitisessentiallyacelebrationofLeCorbusier.AndobviouslyLeCorbusierwasbothanarchitectand,withtheRadiantCities,Chandigarhandtheplanfor
6、Algiers,an‘urbanplanner’.ButalthoughtheProjecttestifiestoKoolhaas’scommitmenttothequestionofthecity,heisnotanurbanistinanydisciplinarysense;norcanthewordbeusedtodescribethesebooks,whichalsoescapeotherdisciplinarycategories(suchassociologyoreconomics)butmightb
7、esaidtobeclosesttoculturalstudies.newleftreview21mayjune20036566nlr21Thefactisthattraditional,orperhapswemightbettersaymodernist,urbanismisatadeadend.DiscussionsaboutAmericantrafficpatternsorzoning—evenpoliticaldebatesabouthomelessnessandgentrifica-tion,orrea
8、l-estatetaxpolicy—paleintoinsignificancewhenweconsidertheimmenseexpansionofwhatusedtobecalledcitiesintheThirdWorld:‘in2025,’wearetoldinanotherKoolhaascollectivevolume,‘thenumberofcity-dwe
