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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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