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Originally Posted by kevman
But not too tall... Say 26m like the ARP states perhaps? The problem with tall buildings and cavernous streets is the complete lack of sun that chases people away. Densification is neat and all but taller isn't always better.
Picture yourself in some of the nicest pedestrians areas in the world and you're probably not sitting in a shaded plaza beneath a 15 storey plus high rise.
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Height lets you get more sun and better views for a given density. Particularly when you account for sunny balconies and not just the street. In a community made up of 6-story blocks like Pixel and Lido... most of the sunlight would be hitting their roofs.
You are less likely to be shadowed standing next to a pyramid than standing next to a cube of the same volume. But the pyramid is taller.