LA2106 // O-Z.LA

The current atmosphere of LA’s urbanism consists of defined O-Zones distributed across a residual field of holes delimited by policies of exclusion and disinvestment. In LA, the O-Zone produces the hole. Rather than imagine that these closed enclaves of identity and theme can be resisted, the current proposal accelerates the installation of new O-Zones (neO-Zones) within present and anticipated holes of default. As future communities of affiliation, the proliferation of diverse neO-Zones will disrupt older urban categories (ethnic, economic, gender, generational, and even geographic) by producing new audiences that cut across those social and spatial statics, undermining previous models of identity politics and special interest.

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