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The contemporary Metapolis constitutes, as Francois Ascher points out in his essay Metapoles ou l’avenir des villes (Paris: Ed.Odile Jacob, 1995), a reality that transcends and comprehends, from diverse points of view, the metropolises we have known until know, fostering a new type of urban agglomeration made of multiplied, heterogeneous and discontinuous spaces and relationships.
They are produced by urban entities that are increasingly more loosely linked in terms of hierarchy (progressively less relatable to circumstances of spatial or contextual proximity) and, on the contrary, progressively associated with dislocated and fluctuating dynamics with reference to the variable “residence-production-service-leisure” relationships.
The term “Metapolis” defines this new multiple and multifaceted dimension of the contemporary city.
A reality “beyond” that of the traditional metropolis. A reality of a vibrant system that is similar – generic or recurrent – on a global sale and diversified – specific – scale – on a local scale.

(Gausa Manuel, Guallart Vicente, Müller Willy, Soriano Federico, Porras Fernando, Morales José. the metapolis dictionary of advanced architecture. p 430 f)