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A few examples must be used to show clearly how the elements of this space conception were developed in contemporary painting, and how similar elements had to be employed in the constructions of creative engineers, in order to meet new requirements.

This can be done by giving examples of the work of Maillart and others, and by going forward a little into the unknown, to the solutions of present-day vaulting problems exemplified by the space-frame constructions of engineers and architects (Davidag, Buckminster Fuller, Nervi, etc.).

To show the relationship that exists between contemporary architecture and contemporary painting, original pictures and even sculptures should be exhibited, To avoid transport problems different works can be shown in different towns, but it is advisable to acquire a selection of good color reproductions of paintings.

III.  THE REVIVAL OF THE 'VITA COMMUNIS'.
Basic to all endeavours in contemporary architecture and planning is the will to re-establish community life in the sense of the medieval vita communis, where each citizen was educated to be an active member of society.

1.  What happened to the city?
The goal is the reconquering of the human scale in our cities and the revival of a vita communis.
The city will not disappear, but the nineteenth century conception of the city must disappear if life is to go on. The future shape of the city can be exemplified in outline by various examples shown in the grids of the 9th Congress for Modern Architecture (CIAM, Aix en Provence, July 1953).
Principle:  Smaller units where the inhabitants, provided with the necessary institutions, are encouraged to re-establish human contacts, which were destroyed to a large extent by the city life of the 19th and 20th centuries.