Center & Periphery

The periphery is the new center

The terms center and periphery appear frequently in discourse about the urban fabric. Their usage is usually constrained to their geometrical position in space. Every center is defined towards its periphery. Departing from this exact geometrical point, one could say that a center is defined by a periphery that encompasses it, and, simultaneously, the presence of a periphery immediately implies a center.

There is no center without its container or periphery, and the periphery is being named and given meaning by its center. One cannot exist without the other.

Holding a circle, being held by the circle”

 

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