In his text it seems that Koolhaus is saying that urban strategies do not work because the needs of the city are constantly changing and that any urban strategies may only solve current and theoretical future problems. It can never take full control and provide exactly what the city needs and will continue to need.
I think Kwinter on some level agrees with Koolhaus' text. he agrees that the speed and scale of building is nowhere near the levels needed to meet the demands of the ever growing city in the coming decades.
I think however he goes on to explain what future urbanism should entail. He says 'the new urbanism needs to be flexible and dynamic, where forces are allowed to interact. Soft urbanism should be free of control, free of certainty, predictability and permanence.' What is missing now is a solution on how to implement his theories on soft urbanism into our future city.
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