realize this situation where currently the modern skyscraper is grounded in the private realm and that there is a need for it being re-evaluated from its interaction with the public realm (Fernandez, 2008). By approaching this typology from this perspective these projects them become a “city within a building” where urban design and planning strategies can actually apply to a project due to the complex interaction of programmatic elements within it. This economical approach in turn would not only benefit the project itself and aid its success, but also the success of the city in which it resides.
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frivolous item of architecture and the instability of the metropolis are incompatible” (Koolhaas, 1995). A crucial way in which this instability could be more dampened by a project is through the introduction of a multitude of developers bringing different programs. This would be beneficial to both the urban and architectural realms in two key ways that high rises rarely achieve. The first factor is that the huge financial burden of a high rise building would be lifted and distributed among more developers funding it. This would in turn allow for a more economically resilient building because it would not become vacant when a single business or corporation goes bankrupt. Secondly, this economical approach also provides the urban community with a diversity of uses within a single project encouraging the people’s activity and also ensuring that the project will be a contributing member to the local urban community. Architects now
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