"Online publication of the international conference held in Darmstadt, Germany, March 22-24, 2002. This electronic publication problematizes the spatial character of of the relationship between technology an human beeings. It addresses two interrelated questions: To what extent do mechanines and media organize society three-dimensionally - thus ordering the spaces in which modern life take place?And to what extend do material an communicative structures open up new mental and physical spaces - thus transforming the boundaries of daily life?"