The Wikipedia article refers to parks surrounding offices ("on the scale he imagined there was no motive during the business day for pedestrian circulation in t

The Wikipedia article refers to parks surrounding offices ("on the scale he imagined there was no motive during the business day for pedestrian circulation in the office quarter"), and is unclear about what scale the parks are. For apartment complexes, the towers surrounded by park concept is the standard way to build new apartments in Korea for over a decade now. It works well because the density of residents attract businesses to the outskirts of the park, and in the parks I've seen, they always contain multiple playgrounds, rest areas, sculptures, and exercise equipment for public use. Children play there after school, families gather on weekends, and street markets and street fairs are held in the parks on a regular basis. It is a very efficient use of land to provide both urban density and public space. (Here is a typical apartment complex design: http://image.apt.joinsland.com/contents.upload/1501/1945/birdsview/20100212140435.jpg http://image.apt.joinsland.com/contents.upload/1501/1945/bir...)