The construction of a new city within and in opposition to an existing one amounts to an act of renunciation and even of violence, more lasting in its effects than those achieved by the gun. One need only compare the changes made to cities by modern warfare and by modern architecture to confirm this idea. The process of changing from one type of order to another is always violent. Over time, architecture can be the most potent weapon of change.

 Lebbeus Woods, 'Underground Berlin' in ANARCHITECTURE: Architecture is a Political Act (Academy Editions, 1992) p. 50