June Jordan and Buckminster Fuller Tried to Redesign Harlem

Re:June Jordan and Buckminster Fuller Tried to Redesign Harlem by keiferski on Monday August 24, 2020 @02:25AM (#24257985)

> Yes, you can have a hollow center with interior balconies. It's been tried. It fails for residential.

Most buildings in Budapest are set up this way and I don't see how it fails. Technically they are hallways, not balconies, but they function the same way.

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Re:June Jordan and Buckminster Fuller Tried to Redesign Harlem by luckylion on Monday August 24, 2020 @03:44AM (#24258312)

I think a lot of it has to do with the size of the court yard and the height of the building. Four stories with a court yard that's as long and wide as the buildings are high? That can work. 50 stories with a yard that's 50m across? The lower levels will live in perpetual twilight.

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Re:June Jordan and Buckminster Fuller Tried to Redesign Harlem by keiferski on Monday August 24, 2020 @04:11AM (#24258451)

Brainstorming here: what about light tunnels every ±5 floors that use mirrors to funnel light from outside the building into the courtyard? In theory, this would work...I think.

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Re:June Jordan and Buckminster Fuller Tried to Redesign Harlem by m4rtink on Monday August 24, 2020 @04:58AM (#24258712)

There are modern municipal housing buildings in Vienna that do this - mirrors for community space ilimunation during the day. :)

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