06-01-2021, 10:50 PM
(06-01-2021, 07:02 PM)ac3r Wrote: Reminds me of the architectural theorist Christopher Alexander, when he argued how anything above about 4 floors tends to be detrimental. While I love the "canvas" tall buildings provide to architects, very few people actually want to live in them since they're so inhuman! Low-mid rise buildings with well made rapid transit (hey tunnels) generally result in a better city for everyone: http://iwritewordsgood.com/apl/patterns/apl021.htm
Might be fun to live 20, 30, 40+ floors up for a few days but that novelty would wear off super fast. What's there to experience? High winds and the scenes of HVAC units blowing out steam around you. Nice...
I would love to see more quality building in the low-rise to mid-rise realm in the city but sadly they don't seem to get the same attention. There are some great examples around, but also a lot of not so great ones. We have so much space to fill with even a small amount of height before a genuine need to go way up.