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"build up, not out. share spaces like parks ..." This was essentially the idea of Le Corbusier http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Corbusier http://en.wikipedia.org

"build up, not out. share spaces like parks ..." This was essentially the idea of Le Corbusier http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Corbusier http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Corbusier They tried it around Paris and other cities in the mid of the last century, and failed miserably.

cxseven 12y ago
How did it fail?
- toolslive 12y ago
  basically they became ghettos. One of the problems is that real estate cost pressure eats away at the green zones.
  - eru 12y ago
    Singapore seems to work fairly well under that principle. Perhaps you need a certain ruthlessness?