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Market of Many Shops

Opening context:
Web of Shopping, Shopping Street

It is natural and convenient to want a market where all the different foods and household goods you need can be bought under a single roof. But when the market has a single management, like a supermarket, the foods are bland, and there is no joy in going there.

Conflict

The simple social intercourse created when people rub shoulders in public is one of the most essential kinds of social “glue” in society.

Resolution

Instead of modern supermarkets establish frequent marketplaces, each one made up of may smaller shops which are autonomous and specialised. Build the structure of the market as a minimum, which provides no more than a roof, columns which define aisles, and basic services. Within this structure allow the different shops to create their own environment, according to their individual taste and needs.

Closing context:
Building Thoroughfare, Individually Owned Shops, Columns at the Corners, Canvas Roofs, Pedestrian[A Street