Vancouver downtown in the process of densification has converted some office buildings into residential. In my opinion the internal space of an office building for sure can be configured from office to residential by gutting out every thing and putting in new. But at the urban scale what does the surroundings of an office building offers to a residential building? The question is are the residential buildings in this way getting qualitative or quantitaive benefit?
To me it seems for developers it is more about quantity maximum utilization of available resources i.e. scarce land. But what kind/quality of product are they providing? Shouldn't the surroung of a residential building have a neighborhood feel to it rahter than a commercial?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment