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Human Scale

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The concept of "human scale" is most known in urban design and architecture, but it provides a good framework to think about a lot of different aspects of our lives.

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The ransacking of Britain: why the people finally rose up against ‘sod you architecture’ (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

In Glasgow, the Red Road towers were uninhabitable. In 2014, there was a plan to celebrate the opening of the Commonwealth Games in the city by blowing them up. Instead, they were more discreetly demolished.

Goddammit....yet more evidence that we're in the Biff Timeline.....