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Vertical Communities: An Alternative To Suburban Sprawl, Zev O’Brien-Gould Jan 2009

Vertical Communities: An Alternative To Suburban Sprawl, Zev O’Brien-Gould

Architecture Theses

In an age where space has become limited, resources are becoming both scarce and expensive, and populations grow with steadying pace, our definition of need must change. What we expect and understand to be normal will eventually change and evolve into something different. We must shape how we live in advance of such a change. We must accept a better way of life. We must produce a better way of life. The answer shall come from a higher density of living, where we will not have to give up privileges, but redefine them. It will have to be an exploration …