Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal proposal didn’t say much about housing, other than it should be “affordable” and “adequate.” However, Architectural Digest has filled in the blanks to show what “a ‘Green New Deal’ would look like for architecture.”
Surprise! It’s New Urbanism, that is, three- to five-story apartment buildings, often with ground-floor shops. At least, that’s what the photos in the article show.
The text of the article says that buildings that “receive energy along a one-way artery from a faraway grid” would be replaced by buildings that are “mini power plants that can not only produce enough energy to supply their own needs, but also fuel vehicles and send excess energy back to the grid.” That’s fine as far as it goes, but why did the editors choose to use Greenwich Village-like photos to illustrate the article? Continue reading
