|
The
concept of committing land in perpetuity to uses that disenfranchise future
generations from participating in the making of place is archaic.
Cities
are organic not static; they live and die according to socio-cultural
and economic paradigms.
Buildings
on wheels which are designed to be moved and reconfigured, allow and encourage
transition between low and high density areas based on current need. A
participatory social and economic structure is created by stock ownership
of the urban core along with exclusive use of a plot of land.
Enabling
members of the community to have a vested interest in their environment
promotes the city's well-being and growth, protecting neighborhoods from
decay. Cities of tomorrow are without frozen line. Sustainability, alternative
energy sources, more pathways and less roads, short trip vehicles that
recharge your home, long trip vehicles acquired from a central staging
area...these are the tools of tomorrow. Long live landscape architect
Frederick Law Olmsted's desire to live in the park!
|