[freebeard]

I knew that.

I just thought it was sad. I remember Will Wright rolling out the game. Those examples totally miss the spirit of Paulo Soleri's concept. Not vertical integration -- miniaturization.

First among these is complexity: The city must cluster many processes and events. From that comes miniaturization: A city, like many organisms, must become more compact to maximize the efficient use of resources, space, and time. Arcologies, therefore, must undergo “urban implosion,” collapsing cities into small spaces – even into a single massive building. This is perhaps the key imperative – Arcology opens with a full page dedicated to the single sentence “This book is about miniaturization.”

https://urbanutopias.net/2019/09/01/arcosanti/