A Geology of Urban Permanence is a set of ten short essays by Anto Lloveras, published in 2026 as part of the broader research system called Socioplastics. Each essay contains 1000 words and together they form a conceptual framework for understanding cities in a different way. Instead of focusing on growth, design, or development, the series argues that cities should be interpreted through pressure—the forces that shape how territories endure or transform over time. The central claim is that urban permanence does not depend on preserving buildings or maintaining historical forms. What matters is whether a place can sustain its people, functions, and infrastructures under stress. Cities behave less like planned compositions and more like layered systems where different forces interact. Economic conditions, climate, mobility networks, and demographic change accumulate like strata in a geological formation. Each essay isolates one of these layers and reinterprets it as an operative force within the urban system.
