Abstract
Urban life is not worth living because the concept of home is mistakenly understood to fall under the concept of economy. For example, if we intend to buy a house, we typically apply for a bank loan, because the income from our work is intended to be insufficient for us to buy it outright. But on the contrary, it is the concept of economy that falls under the concept of home. The concept of economy derives from the organisation of our lives at home. Without a house, there is no economy. But as things are misunderstood, as the economy is misconceived as coming before the house, the city houses we live in (for example, Lisbon, Portugal) don’t have any quality beyond, say, a certain kind of heap of bricks. The city houses we live in (for example, Lisbon, Portugal) are prone to heat waves in summer and cold waves in winter; their humidity and mould are not healthy. In addition to making us sick inside our homes, the typical noise of cities is not just on the streets of the city; it is also inside our homes (and, because it’s so difficult for us to sleep, we get sick inside our homes because we don’t sleep healthily). However, if the house was conceived before the economy, the city houses we live in (for example, Lisbon, Portugal) would have qualities such as being thermally and acoustically insulated. For example, they could include a rainwater pipeline for sanitary water.
Presenters
Vitor Manuel Dinis PereiraResearcher , University of Lisbon , University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Technical, Political, and Social Responses
KEYWORDS
Home, Economy, Concepts
