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Suburban high-rise experience
David Byrne has a good article on his blog - here's the link, though you have to scroll down to find the Dec. 2 entry - about the experience of living in Parisian suburbs (or elsewhere) designed by Le Corbusier:
In my opinion there is nothing inherently wrong with tall buildings. A limited number of anything is like genetic diversity; it’s of value to the species as a whole. I can, however, see that these residences are definitely top-down design — there is no room for the evolution and mutation of function, form, use — it’s all planned in advance. The creators all assume the inevitable victory of science, reason and logic over messy instinct, intuition and impulse.
Also see James Howard Kunstler's comments on a new housing complex at Harvard.
