Nowhere to go but up

I am fast becoming a huge fan of Inhabitat, a blog with a real knack for featuring interesting finds. While perusing it today, I came across a really interesting post about San Francisco based architect/urban planner Joanna Borek-Clement. Apparently Ms. Borek has envisioned a city metropolis that uses the sky for the recreational space of the future. In the past, urban planners have gone searching for recreational space outwards and downward, but rarely upward. The premise of the idea is that recreational, shared public space can be attained through expansion into the sky. With this idea in mind, Borek-Clement has envisioned these amazing sky-terra skyscrapers filled with parks, ampitheatres, running trails and public pools. These interconnected towers would create a healthier, cleaner, more sustainable urban space while simultaneously developing a Multi-layered city, expanding high above the polluted ground area. Can you imagine a multi-layered city? I'd be all for that. Also, Borek clearly had science in mind when designing the recreational terra towers because they are actually modeled after Neuron Cells. The narrow but strong base would have a system of elevators leading up to the flat top area 1,600 ft. above the ground and the whole development would be eco-friendly. Perhaps this is the future layout of large cities in the world or at least in a congested city like Tokyo. Borek clearly had Tokyo in mind when designing the Terra skyscapers; Tokyo, a city that is grossly over-populated and over-polluted, could use a space-creating area like this. I wonder if they'd use solar powered lighting on the terra skyscrapers. Really, these pictures are awesome, and Borek is definitely a visionary.

Pictures: Inhabitat