Flight lines in Piranesi's plan of Rome : an immanent concept of Utopia

In this paper I examine the relation of utopia and escape. Applying the concept of flight lines by Gilles Deleuze, and the definition of escape by Yi-Fu Tuan as imagination, movement, and design, I postulate a space of escape in the middle of the city as an immanent utopia. I demonstrate it in the work of Gianbattista Piranesi and its influence on contemporary architects who design spaces to get away, such as Rem Koolhaas. To contribute to a new urban paradigm, I conclude on the idea of 'scape', in which escape and landscape resonate.