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Public Lifestyle in the 标题Public Lifestyle in the Low-Density City Much maligned, shopping centres have come to represent many of the negative aspects of low-density areas. They are all too often associated with high car dependency and a paucity of cultural and public amenities. Alex Wall questions this preconception. Could the well-conceived and designed shopping centre actually prove to be urban sprawl’s redemption? 图片备注： 1 Architekt Daniel Libeskind AG, Masterplan, Westside, Berne, Switzerland, due for completion 2008 Superposition of regional centre and highway space. View from the highway showing the fractal public spaces piercing the shopping centre envelope. 2 Architekt Daniel Libeskind AG, Masterplan, Westside, Berne, Switzerland, due for completion 2008 The masterplan in 2006. On the land bridge over the A1 are the lifestyle shopping centre complex to the left, and housing plots to the right. The shopping centre is flanked by a cineplex, hotel and conference centre, pool complex with a spa and fitness centre, and a garden centre. The housing will consist of 80 flats for the elderly, and 800 apartments for some 2,700 people to be built over the next 10 years. The regional rail line runs along the lower edge of the site. Regional bus lines stop at the two plazas in light blue. 3 Holzer Kobler Architekturen, Ebisquare, Ebikon, Lucerne, Switzerland, due for completion 2011 Water + Meadows: continuous curated space. For the developer, the starting point for the spatial concept should celebrate science, media, communications and culture. Holzer Kobler’s goal is that the linear space of the mall, formed into a continuous strip, will be a series of landscapes, using sound and light to create both a real and virtual experience. The chain of associations should extend to the product displays resulting in a fusion of communications, atmosphere and stage design. 4 Section through lifestyle centre complex. Through an act of spatial surgery, Holzer Kobler have in