Houston Genetic City

Houston is a city of rapid-fire urban mutations. The largest metropolis in the US by square mileage - and the most diverse - Houston constantly processes vacant space into new developments, driven only by the logic of transaction and opportunity. The city’s lack of zoning means anything goes: a sprawl of random events and programs constantly generating new junkspace and drosscape. It’s a place where urban developments are always negotiable, where storms and chemical leaks constantly reconfigure any future planning. Unlike the scripted corporate urbanism of the generic city, Houston’s glitchy urban DNA leads to instant evolution and mutation: a genetic city.