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People are flocking to live in cities and enduring hellish commutes in the process, and architect Clive Wilkinson is tired of it.
Well, sort of.
As part of a collaboration between his architecture firm and Flaunt Magazine, Wilkinson's team came up with an all-rooftop set of communal workspaces — known as The Endless Workspace.
Designed for a cityscape that's a hybrid of Silicon Valley and London, the Endless Workspace lets people take elevators from their bedrooms straight up to a communal rooftop office.
The designs are satirical — not actually for implementation — but oh, how we wish they were real.
Wilkinson was tasked with coming up with an urban environment that drew inspiration from London and Silicon Valley, two places where busy commutes are the norm.
Wilkinson took to the London rooftops to rebuild the working world out of everyone else's way.
It makes sense, especially since communal workspaces are quickly becoming a more prominent fixture in major cities around the world.
The web of rooftop workspaces features hollow circular green spaces that look to the city below as well as courtyards that receive ample sunlight.
According to the architecture firm, the elevator system solves the problem of marathon-long commutes without creating a second problem of isolating people in their homes.
The result: You work with people you know in your neighborhood, coming together throughout the day.
With the new concept, people go back to collaborating with people in disparate fields — a practice often referred to as "cross-pollination," the company said in a statement.
Meanwhile, without the flood of commuters each morning and evening, the underground rail systems are free to operate more smoothly.
People will be perched on their rooftops while the rest of city hums below.
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