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Why the Shopping Mall?
by: Kenro Hayamizu
Translated by: Ko Ransom
First appeared in Shisouchizu beta vol. 1: Shopping Mall-ization/Pattern Sciences, Contectures, Jan 2011
Walt Disney’s Final Dream
It is said that in his later years, until close to the day he died, Walt Disney (1901-1966) passionately went on trips to observe shopping malls.
Walt was a man who spent his entire life dealing with the act of creation, and the final project that he directed his energies toward was the creation of a “perfect city,” a city environment that was built entirely from scratch. His observational trips to shopping malls were made in order to realize this final dream....
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