ruminations about architecture and design

Saturday, July 20, 2013

mega city one

I'm adding the movie Dredd to my architectural movies list. (can't upload silly picture--see the movie--but only if you have a strong stomach)

Urban horror depends on the depiction of a city that is clearly impossible. And yet, the places of fiction have become real. This phenomenon is probably better understood by people in Asian nations, where the density of development has passed beyond anything our primate brains can cope with. But, what is the alternative? Living spread out? We have the land to do that, and look at our nation now.


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