Babel critically reflects on urban growth and the need to rethink densification in cities, pointing out that the current trend of building tall towers does not solve the problems of integration and community life. In this context, the proposal to inhabit the sky of cities arises not as an exercise in exclusivity but as an opportunity to democratize access to urban heights and reconnect vertical spaces with the social fabric.
Babel invites us to rethink towers as tall cities, where not only housing is stacked, but also recreational, cultural, and natural spaces that replicate horizontal urban dynamics. Thus, the sky would cease to be a privilege and become a shared, versatile, and constantly evolving space. This approach not only responds to the collapse of horizontal cities but also introduces a vision of organic vertical growth, adaptable to the changing needs of the population
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Digital photomontage by Toni Cañellas.
Democratizing heights means creating spaces that, beyond architectural monumentality, promote social cohesion and a new way of living in cities. This planning model challenges the usual segregation of towns on a horizontal plane to give them three-dimensionality by including the Z axis in urban planning.