stable factors of civilization

We should inquire the notion of civilization and try to expose what we understand of a word that seems to involve all the things related to the human kind. Stable factors of civilization are conditions that make us prisoners and force us to remain still, confined to certain spaces (physical, ideological, psychological…). An example of this kind of prisons could be the concept of nation. We born in a certain country, a portion of space restricted by borders, that we cannot, freely, exceed. This is a factor of physical stability, a sedentary condition. Imagine a world without nations, without borders, the world as a single country, the country of the world. Still, ethnical, religious or linguistic differences between people become stable factors as well, primitive factors indeed, conditions that make us prisoners and force us to remain still, confined to certain spaces. Even further, climatic and topographic conditions are also borders, that we cannot, freely, exceed. There is a multiplicity of overlapping boundaries fences, sometimes coinciding but more often than not, composing a first complex function of stability.

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if civilization is indeed a function of stability, then we will have to try to think for stable factors in the move; this first conversation frame is a stable condition while we keep moving from city to city in different continents, Kim. We don't know each other but we think it is still important to discuss because we know we have some things in common. What things facilitate our moving attitudes? What problems make us stay more than we wish in places? And how can we define our common ground in an architectonic sense?

i agree

to form a dialogue (discussion), each post should be related to the next one, and moving civilization is a good start.

we could form this as a dialogue

or as an invisible table set up for a discussion. what do you think, kim? we could question and try to answer whatever seems radical and problematic in the concept of a moving civilisation. civilization is normally conceived as a function of stability.

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nomad city. option 2

In the current context of climate changes, environmental degradation, increasing world pollution and growing scarcity of natural resources, it is critical to inquiry the urban question. A new understanding of the natural environment in connection with cultural and social factors, will transform the shape of the cities, redefining the urban planning, the architectural practice and the concept of living. In this process, the combination of traditional knowledge and new technologies will be vital.

Story of a day

Move or stay quiet. It is life. Dawn on a bed, physically quiet, mentally running, I get up and start to move: the bathroom, the door, the street. I leave the house and walk to class, the bus, the car. And then arise the paradox of the car: moving staying quiet. I arrive to the office, I sit at a desk, in front of a computer, and I stay quiet, again, physically quiet, virtually flying. The day falls: the sunset, the night. I move again: the hallway, the door, the street. Then the paradox of the car, again, or I can walk home. Arrive home, sit down and stay, again, reading a book, physically quiet, mentally running. And finally I move again, lie down in bed and stay quiet, again, all night, until the other day.