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Their wordsA higgledy-piggledy apartment building doesn't create density on its own, and Habitat 67 remains, half a century after its construction, bereft of the kind of schools and shops and other facilities that would help to kickstart a genuinely livable suburb.
Their wordsBrutalist buildings often age badly; Habitat 67 is proof that they don't need to, not even when they're built in a rush out of pre-fabricated units.
Their wordsI wish he were right, but the fact is the repeat-the-floor-plan model is very much the default, still.