The city of the future looks like a former military bunker in Taipei (2016)
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The city of the future looks like a former military bunker in Taipei (2016)
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Re: The city of the future looks like a former military bunker in Taipei (2016)
#2> Unfortunately, there was still a problem–the city couldn’t overlook the building codes. But Casagrande found a loophole: He declared that since the houses had been handmade, they were a form of art. “The city commissioned me to make a public artwork, and Treasure Hill is the artwork. That’s where [people] live now,” he said. “That’s how they rationalized it.”
That ignores the purpose of the building codes even artists can die in fires (see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_Ship_warehouse_fire). This is especially worse when you have families and children living there.
This city of the future sounds like nothing I want a part of.
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#3> Unfortunately, there was still a problem–the city couldn’t overlook the building codes. But Casagrande found a loophole: He declared that since the houses had been handmade, they were a form of art. “The city commissioned me to make a public artwork, and Treasure Hill is the artwork. That’s where [people] live now,” he said. “That’s how they rationalized it.” That ignores the purpose of the building codes even arti…
Good to see a Hacker is now being a bureaucrat reading books of city codes over Neuromancer.
These are peoples homes, the danger is probably less than many US ghettos or homeless encampments, how about we start bulldozing those which are unsafe and ugly if people homes have no meaning.
There's no reason you cant make communities not up to spec with current building codes safe. This is normal for historic buildings which have exceptions.
The Ghost Ship fire was a concert, I don't believe any killed were residents.
> This city of the future sounds like nothing I want a part of.
Nothing like never leaving the safety of the suburban home I guess, the new hacker ethos.
Re: The city of the future looks like a former military bunker in Taipei (2016)
#4The future city is ugly and built with and upon the scraps left by our military largesse.
Sounds about right.
Re: The city of the future looks like a former military bunker in Taipei (2016)
#5> Unfortunately, there was still a problem–the city couldn’t overlook the building codes. But Casagrande found a loophole: He declared that since the houses had been handmade, they were a form of art. “The city commissioned me to make a public artwork, and Treasure Hill is the artwork. That’s where [people] live now,” he said. “That’s how they rationalized it.” That ignores the purpose of the building codes even arti…
Not only fires, but also earthquakes which are common in Taiwan.
Re: The city of the future looks like a former military bunker in Taipei (2016)
#6> This is Treasure Hill–a prototype for what one architect believes is the future of sustainable urban living.
Title should be "One architect's idea of the \"city of the future\" looks like a bunker"
Re: The city of the future looks like a former military bunker in Taipei (2016)
#7(2016)
Re: The city of the future looks like a former military bunker in Taipei (2016)
#8Solarpunk brutalism
Re: The city of the future looks like a former military bunker in Taipei (2016)
#9> This is Treasure Hill–a prototype for what one architect believes is the future of sustainable urban living. Title should be "One architect's idea of the \"city of the future\" looks like a bunker"
I'd go even further and say the heresy that "urban living" is not the future, so making it sustainable is like scaling horse-riding to 10 billion riders.
Re: The city of the future looks like a former military bunker in Taipei (2016)
#10> This is Treasure Hill–a prototype for what one architect believes is the future of sustainable urban living. Title should be "One architect's idea of the \"city of the future\" looks like a bunker"
I'd go even further and say the heresy that "urban living" is not the future, so making it sustainable is like scaling horse-riding to 10 billion riders.
What do you think is the alternative? More sprawl? All global billions living in idyllic farms? On what land?