Dead Ends: Managing Urban Density

Eran Chen, Essay, expanding design practices, High Density, ODA, Territory and mobility, Unboxing New York

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This essay is an excerpt of Unboxing New York by ODA, published by Actar Publishers.
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The tower has helped manage urban density, but it often fails to honor qualities of life on the street. Now we have the opportunity to change that.


An inherent problem with vertical living is that it draws people away from the ground. While humans lift off into space for travel, exploration, and adventure, most of life is still captured at ground-level. Yet, as the density of people, places, and things increases on Earth, we look to the sky for new ways to live.