Architecture and city in the era of financial capital: airport spaces

Abstract

This article intends to deepen the study of Aerotropolis, not only its meaning, but also its symbology and implications. This research will first contextualize the object, making an effort to interpret the process of urbanization of the 21st century. The urban is understood here as a privileged field of absorption of surplus capital, subordinated to capitalist reproduction and following the dynamics of financial capital, becoming a commodity. As a consequence, the architecture and urban planning are bound to be as profitable as possible. The aerotropolis is a good example of this reality, since the idea of the production of space as a commodity reaches its extreme, because the center of the city is established by an infrastructure, which is transformed by consumption.