Volume 16: Engineering Society

New forms of social engineering are moulding society – often driven by short term trends and effects rather than long-term social responsibility. Sensationalistic media dominate, culture becomes little more than a market, politics is a façade, and the city has become the stage for the whole drama. A range of contributors, including Pier Vittorio Aureli, Jan Willem Duyvendak, Urban-Think Tank and Eyal Weizman explore this phenomenon and the consequences for architecture and urban planning.