La ville et son envers

Our cities are «on fire». Does the responsibility lie with the topography and the symbolism of a place, or with the position of the individual in the social scene ? The aspect of certain places can have an influence on the quality of life. Yet architecture cannot be responsible for the problems of our society and cannot solve them when they are caused by social division and ghettos. The architect is not a demiurge, he neither makes nor unmakes the city, which is governed by politics.