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The architecture is part of the politics, not separate from it.
Re Berlin: I've just bin reading about Gropiusstadt. Once hailed as the answer to Germany's post-war housing problems, it's not exactly the utopia the architects/planners envisaged. And in former East Berlin, much of the huge swathes of massive Soviet housing blocks have bin replaced by lower level lower density housing.
I grew up in Old Ford, Bow E3. I lived in Sandall House on the Ranwell estate. Ranwell East was vast interconnected estate rife with crime; the many interconnecting walkways allowed criminal activity to flourish unseen. Large bits of it were demolished in the early 90s to be replaced with low level housing, many with gardens. The estate is much better than it used to be.
Visit many of London's large estates, with Corbusierian/Brutalist architecture, and you will find problems. Social issues are exacerbated by such architecture. Time to rethink things.