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People pass between small buildings and generally do things outside for practical reasons. A giant tower in a park just encapsulates everyone and leaves the pa
by tsunamifury 2y ago
People pass between small buildings and generally do things outside for practical reasons.
A giant tower in a park just encapsulates everyone and leaves the park empty.
Easily observable and any why the campus model took root.
- njarboe 2y agoPut this tower in the middle of central park and it would probably have the most expensive apartments on Earth.
- bluGill 2y agoNo it wouldn't - too far to get to anything else. It would be expensive just because it is still NYC and a high demand area, but it wouldn't be the most expensive because while it is close to one great thing about NYC it is far from all the others.
- bobthepanda 2y agoBecause Central Park is literally surrounded by skyscrapers that don’t have parks in neighborhoods with below average park coverage other than Central Park. It’s the exception that proves the rule. It’s also not that safe and requires its own police precinct.
- DidYaWipe 2y agoHow does it "encapsulate" anyone?
- gertrunde 2y agoI think the encapsulation probably refers to the 'city in a building' aspect, i.e. residents have most needs satisfied within the building, and rarely need to leave the building itself. cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcology
- bobthepanda 2y agoWith these tower in a park style developments you generally must walk through the park to get to any public street or further mode of transportation.