Nonlinear urbanism
It’s been almost 100 years since the German physicist Werner Heisenberg formulated the uncertainty principle and his theory of quantum mechanics broke not only the paradigms of physics, but also
those of philosophy. And yet today, we are still accustomed to arguing and acting primarily along
linear patterns of causality within isolated boxes of fragmented sciences. The world no longer fits into
these rigid parameters. We are now being forced to accept that the extinction of uncertainty is an unre-
alistic illusion, or even an ideological allegation. We are living in a world characterized by change,
ambiguity and unpredictability. Never before in human history have changes been taking place so
fast, and been so deeply disruptive in various areas at the same time, interconnected with each other
and demonstrating global repercussions. While our societies have been constantly growing ever
more complex, and we are having to increasingly acknowledge that seemingly different aspects of our
realities are interconnected, the history of universi-ties has been one of fragmentation, speeding up over
the last few decades. On the one hand, this has been necessary for the dramatic expansion of our scope
of knowledge. On the other hand, the price we have paid for this has been a general loss of perspective
on interrelationality. The impression that a photo, video, object or building leaves on a viewer’s retina is necessary, but not sufficient in and of itself. The decisive factor is the effect it has on our minds which is dependent on the creation of contexts of experience and interpretation.
Hans Hollein once placed a pill on a piece of paper and named it “single-family home in a rural setting.”
One of the most significant developments in our modern world is the increasing existence of uncer
tainty. From Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle to Schrödinger’s cat, which is, in a quantum mechan
ical sense, alive and dead at the same time; from breathlessly keeping pace with the digital informa
tion society to fear of the total surveillance state; from the crisis of political institutions to the crisis of
the financial system. Jürgen Habermas identified the displacement of politics by the market ten years ago,
and now the markets are going crazy as well. Uncertainty dominates our attitude towards life but
will it ever be possible to get rid of uncertainty? To prohibit uncertainty? How can we ignore multiline
arity and transdisciplinarity? What we are currently experiencing is the phenomenon of those who have been socialized in our supposedly enlightened society trying to escape this increasingly unsettling world. People are looking for security, simple answers, certainty, the elimination of doubt. And this comes as no surprise when we realize that people who are educated and socialized in intellectual environments tend to avoid nonlinearity and doubts. Dismissing nonlinearity also means rejecting certain realities, including that of our brain’s neural network. A flight from doubt is also a flight from enlightenment!
I would like to extend my thanks to Anton Falkeis and all the authors of this publication who are
following the culture of nonlinear investigations
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