Op 30/09/2020 om 21:40 schreef Kenneth:
> "BayashiPascal" <Pas### [at] BayashiInJapannet> wrote:
> 
>> The buildings seems tightly packed. Simply "forgetting" to place some of them
>> would help breaking the monotony too, as there would be spaces for
>> parking lot, park, etc... in a real city.
> 
> That's a great idea, thanks! It did not even occur to me to leave some 'space'
> for other things, and you are correct-- even in New York City, with its
> EXPENSIVE real-estate values, there are humble parking lots here and there. (At
> one time long ago, I lived and worked in NYC for about a year-- well, I lived
> way off in the less-expensive suburbs, ha.) And small parks would be good too,
> to add some much-needed color and 'humanity' to the city. (At one point, I
> thought of putting small 'gardens' on the ROOFS of some of the buildings; I
> might do that as well.)
> 
> Good ideas!
> 
> 

Look at the trends in some cities to have indeed roof gardens, balcony 
gardens (if you have a balcony) and even whole vegetated curtain walls. 
Architecture nowadays is going green! ;-)

See e.g.: https://www.dezeen.com/features/green/

-- 
Thomas

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