I zoi anamesa sta ktiria

"I proti ekdosi aitoi toi biblioi, stis arhes tis dekaetias toi 1970, eihe skopo na katadeixei tis apotihies tis monternistikis poleodomias, poi tin epohi ekeini kiriarhoise diethnos. To biblio kaloise tois arhitektones na epistisoin tin prosohi tois stois anthropois poi kinointai stois horois anamesa sta ktiria kai tois hrisimopoioin, kai ethete to zitima tis katanoisis ton lepton poiotiton oi opoies, s' oli ti diarkeia tis istorias tis anthropinis katoikisis, einai sindedemenes me tis sinathroiseis ton anthropon stois dimosiois horois. Peraitero, anadeiknie ti zoi anamesa sta ktiria os mia diastasi tis arhitektonikis, toi astikoi shediasmoi kai tis poleodomias poi apaitei prosektiko heirismo.Simera briskomaste tesseris dekaeties argotera, kai ola aita ta hronia ehoin perasei polla arhitektonika stil kai ideologies. Sta hronia poi mesolabisan ehei fanei, episis, oti i prosektiki doileia me stoho ti zontania kai ti biosimotita ton poleon kai ton periohon katoikias, exakoloithei na apotelei simantiko thema. [...] O haraktiras tis zois anamesa sta ktiria allazei parallila me tis allages stin koinoniki katastasi, alla oi basikes arhes kai ta kritiria poiotitas gia kalois dimosiois horois, ehoin apodeihthei axiosimeiota stathera.Ola aita ta hronia, to biblio ehei sihna epikairopoiithei kai anatheorithei stis diafores ekdoseis kai tis poliarithmes metafraseis toi. Etsi, i paroisa ekdosi stin elliniki glossa ehei mikri omoiotita me tis arhikes ekdoseis? ehoin prostethei nees plirofories kai nea paradeigmata, alla den iparhei kanenas apolitos logos na allaxei to basiko, arhiko toi minima, poi exakoloithei na ehei exairetiki simasia: Doste idiaiteri prosohi stois anthropois kai stin politimi zoi anamesa sta ktiria.Ti hroniki aiti stigmi, kata tin opoia oi poleis s' olon ton kosmo ipokeintai se megales allages sti diadikasia anaptixis kai eksighronismoi, elpizo oti oi anthropistikes poleodomikes arhes, poi paroisiazontai s' aito to biblio, mporoin na leitoirgisoin os empneisi stin Ellada gia aites tis simantikes diadikasies."Jan Gehl