Rethinking the skyscraper: A vertical theory of urban design

摘要

We need TO reinvent the tall building typology. In many tall buildings the volume of built up space can exceed several hectares, yet most of these structures today are nothing more than a series of repeated homogenous concrete floors plates stacked one on top of another, often in a single-use building, and only occasionally with multiple uses. It is this homogeneity that gives so much of our high-rise development its bad reputation.