The Horizontal Metropolis - A Contemporary Reconsideration: Introduction

On completion of the first two parts of the book, which proposed a double selection of authors which, during two centuries, have anticipated-through radically new gazes-the profound transformation of cities and territories around the world; the third part of the book draws on a series of six interviews conducted to some of the authors presented in the second part. The aim was here to test the Horizontal Metropolis’ hypothesis through the voices of its protagonists, while setting new insights on the most recent debate on the contemporary city.