The character of life is rooted in the architecture of one’s habitat. By ‘architecture’, we mean more than just the design and aesthetic of buildings but the structure of one’s environment as a whole, the way the elements of daily life integrate and work, the way these effect how one fulfills one’s needs and desires, and sometimes how they modify those needs and desires. The character of urban life in the past has been greatly influenced by the basic mode of structural organization in cities. There are distinct cultural and lifestyle differences between the so-called Old World and New World cities that relates strongly to the differences in the way they organize space and how that organization impacts the psyche and social perspective of the inhabitant. As we begin to settle space very new
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