These are a pretty novel idea; rather than using up ground-space to build parks, build huge towers and build them on top of those. They were designed with places like Tokyo in mind, where they don’t have the land to rip down buildings for a park or a greenbelt. The towers would feature grass, fountains, benches… everything you could want in a park, except for that non-terror inducing “being at ground level” thing that usual parks have.
Every metropolis, regardless of its location in the world, at some point during its existence runs into the same problems: lack of free space, human congestion and air pollution. Ironically, large metropolitan cities, such as Tokyo or New York, are often populated by many with increased health awareness; people jogging or biking around tiny city parks and busy streets is a much more common sight than in smaller towns.
Unfortunately, research has shown that increased activity within urban development, such as jogging on busy streets along side traffic, increases our chance of breathing harmful particles associated with car fumes and other toxins in the air. The recommendation is simple: continue to exercise, but away from the streets. However, this is easier said than done in places like Tokyo. What is the answer if we can not move streets and radically change the existing urban landscape? We can create a new city within the existing one; a new public green layer for the existing metropolis.
