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How does capitalist man in the 21th century express his need for an interior?

The arcade heralds the abolition of the outside world. It abolishes outdoor markets and brings them indoors into a closed sphere.

The antagonistic spatial types of salon and market meld here to form a hybrid.

Man seeks to expand his living room into a cosmos and at the same time to impress the dogmatic form of a room on the universe.