DEPARTMENTOFARCHITECTURE/GUESTLECTUREShanghaisRetrofuturism
AlecturebyAnnaGreenspan(NYUShanghai)
PartofthedesignworkshopTheCityasaTimeMachine,or,Shanghai,Capitalofthe21stCentury,organisedbyAmirDjalaliandSitiBalkishRoslan
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x_looplab_xjtlu▌ABSTRACT
Modernism’salchemisticpromisehasbeenafailure,ahoax:magicthatdidn’twork.Itsideas,aesthetics,strategiesarefinished.Together,allattemptstomakeanewbeginninghaveonlydiscreditedtheideaofanewbeginning.—RemKoolhaasS,M,X,XLTouchtheFuture.—SloganonaShanghaibillboardadvertisingtheWorldFairInmuchoftheWesternworldthefuturenowbelongstothepast.Theveryideaofthecityoftomorrow-withitsmultilayeredskyways,housecleaningrobotsandflyingcars-seemsdoomedtotherealmofnostalgia,thesadly