VERTICAL ARCOLOGIES: Supertall! | The Skyscraper Museum | Heights of Fancy | By James Gardner - WSJ.com
An interesting additional thought is to add in the 'potential' influence of Paolo Soleri's archologies. Even larger structures that were to be sculpted cities built as a single entity.
One can't help but think of some of these archologies as a wonderful solution to rebuilding parts of Japan destroyed by the tsunami; and, one wonders why at least one wasn't tried in the Mid-East with their from-the-ground-up cities.
When one walks around an old city with the shops at the sidewalk front vacant and struggling economically and then when one walks into a nearby shopping center with convenient underground parking, full climate control (maybe some outside terraces for smokers and fresh air), few empty shops, etc. - one can't help but think that Soleri was on to something well before his time.
As these skyscrapers get bigger and bigger, the are clearly heading into the direction of vertical arcologies.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
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