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[John Bailey]

Similar to arcologies, which have been pretty common in
science-fiction. The dream aint over! This (2011) piece presents five
real-world arcologies that were at least then under construction:
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-06/21/paolo-soleri-arcologies/viewall

On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 12:00 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> This city is Jane Jacobs' antitihesis.
>
> Back in the late 60's Archizoom, and others, dreamed (in jest) of cities
> comprised of single mega-structures, modern ideal cities (cartoon extensions
> of modernism - commentary - early post-modernism).  Like Corbusier's Radiant
> City (the Master's model), they were elevated above the ground, with endless
> greenspace beneath them, connected by elevated super highways. They would
> have been instant dystopias of authoritarianism.  But. back then, they
> looked so clean, so modern.  Pruitt-Igoe was its reality.
>
> Le Corbusier:
> http://waskogm.deviantart.com/art/Radiant-City-321567851
> http://www.slideshare.net/ctlachu/le-corbusiers-planning-concepts
>
> Archizoom:
> http://www.medienkunstnetz.de/works/no-stop-city/
> http://www.unit607.com/no-stop-city/
>
> David Morris
>
>
> On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 9:08 PM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Christ, the description of the city alone will bring your whole day down.
>>
>> On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 1:06 AM, Charles Albert <cfalbert at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > http://www.amusingplanet.com/2014/06/the-depressing-industrial-city-of.html
>> >
>> > Scroll down for the photos.....there's something perverse about the
>> > color
>> > schemes....
>> >
>> > love,
>> > cfa
>> >
>> >
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