Skyscrapers? Yes Please!

Construction of a new high-rise office space on the Waterfront.

Corbusier developed his planning principles in two key visions: the Contemporary city (1922) and the Radiant city. His solution to the problems of a disorganized and crowded city was to decongest by increasing density and also improve the circulation by increasing the amount of open space and by careful geometric design (Hall and Barrett, 2012).

One of the completed skyscrapers along the Waterfront.

Many modern urban designs in the city have started to encompass Corbusier’s theory of decongesting by increasing density or creating skyscrapers. Although the skyscrapers being constructed here may not be as high as those in developed countries, it is still noted that influence of the Global North in terms of architectural design are encouraging the ways the ways in which urban planners and engineers design our Caribbean Space.