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io9 
11/26/09
Most of these "forward-thinking" government architectural projects wind up being objects of contempt twenty years down the road. A lot of public housing projects were built on similar ideals, for example.
-Kle.
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11/25/09
Putting a sustainable community downtown is a lot like dropping a fire extinguisher in the middle of a forest fire.
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Edit: Even if you can't access the terraces from the interior they could be made wide enough to allow someone to walk along them. Basically an oversized balcony that runs the full length of each tower.
11/26/09
Now if, as you speculate, these stepped terraces are actually more like window boxes that can be accessed from inside then, this design becomes slightly more practical. I much prefer the idea of having access to a garden balcony but that wouldn't create these dramatic building shapes.
The point of my comment was not to oppose the concept but to point out the lack of consideration for practical gardening requirements.
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