Highrise of Homes
James Wines American
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This unrealized proposal for a vertical community offers the cultural advantages of a dense urban center, without sacrificing the domestic identities and private garden spaces associated with suburbia. As opposed to the identical units of typical urban skyscrapers, lots would be developed in styles chosen by each owner, allowing for flexibility and individualism. Here, the houses are connected by interior streets within a vast, multistory U-shaped building, resulting in a villagelike community on each floor. The proposed variety of homes and gardens comments on the sense of identity and human connection that can be lost through architectural formalism. Through the art of chance, Wines’s high-rise becomes the collective creation of its inhabitants.
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