THE WALKWAYS LEVEL:
SEASONAL MARKET AVENUES
AND PLAZAS
SEASONAL MARKET AVENUES
AND PLAZAS
THE WALKWAYS MIDLEVEL AND THE STRUCTURAL
Halfway between the leisured Macrostructure and the private Superstructure, suspended in borderless empty space, are the businesslike Walkways and their sky markets.
Halfway between the leisured Macrostructure and the private Superstructure, suspended in borderless empty space, are the businesslike Walkways and their sky markets.
The fact that the Barrow Islet prototype is structured in such a way as to work out this design compromise of efficient density versus a rightful broad horizon, is perhaps best illustrated by the lack of virtually any pedestrian visual borders. This is ostensibly the case with the Walkway Level, as well as the Parks level. Somebody walking around this floating town can look out for miles in every direction, and if they can swim or fly, they can also move in a straight line in any direction.
As it sits halfway up there, the Walkways concentrate all heavy and utilitarian pedestrian traffic. On foot (or Segway for the disabled), one pushes along in-between home and work, in the rugged infrastructure of the elevated walkways, so that they may later casually stroll around in the endless pristine park environment underneath. The Midlevel is a place for business and efficiency.
