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Originally Posted by djh
I just don't understand how this "inside exposed to the elements" design will work. Do the designers live in a bunker in Arizona and not know it rains for several months at a time here?
Look at the design and positioning of the skylights.Am I wrong in thinking they are not glassed over? Imagine water pouring in through that, not down 1, but down 2 floors down, into the bowels of the mall. Imagine birds flying around inside the mall. Imagine how quickly that wood will bleach on the sunward side, and gather mould/moss on the shadowed sign. And not in a good way.
This just seems like an architectural fantasy from a 1980s science fiction book showing "Life In The Future After The Reset" - far from practical but major "Gattaca" vibes.
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Pretty sure I'm seeing enclosed space there.
My point is that accessing the interior planters that high up requires specially trained and certified horticulturalists. There is no way that anyone could bear the cost of mechanized access to the suggested planters up there. Even those much vaunted green walls: anything requiring more than a simple ladder involves cherry pickers at a minimum, and that's when costs go into the stratosphere.
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