What is it about traditional spaces which is so adaptable to cutting-edge software?

Could it be that the lessons such piazze contain present an exemplary type of public space which demonstrates that variety, flexibility, historical memory and contemporary aspiration, the most everyday events and the most sacred spaces might be layered into each other and create richly inspirational spaces which continue to demonstrate the importance of the physical experience in terms of the authenticity of the familiar and the directness of sensation?

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