Urban Beings

Are we happy with the cities we live in? Do our homes match our expectations in terms of housing and the structure and dynamics of our relationships? The design of the urban models and types of housing in which we now live dates back over a century, when the socio-economic structure was radically different from today's. The profound changes we are experiencing during the second decade of the 21st century cannot fail to have notable consequences on the urban structure and types of housing. In this book, the author outlines a different approach to urban issues that are no longer treated as a mere elaboration on some theoretical model to be applied to reality, but rather as an inquiry into urban desires intrinsically linked to the very nature of human beings, the patterns of social relations between them, and their desire to live as urban beings. A new paradigm for housing geared to the age in which we live: no longer an era of change, but a change in era.