In 2014, there was a question that inspired us to start Density — Would it be useful to know how a city is used?
We believe the answer is, yes. If New York City all of a sudden knew how it was used, it would identify its inefficiencies and redesign itself. An entire city reliably knowing how it was used would unlock a world of new possibilities.
Whatever is true for New York would be true for San Francisco and Denver and Boston. It would be true for Toronto and Paris. For Berlin and Tokyo. For Cape Town, Delhi, Mexico City, Mumbai. Whatever is true for one major city would be true for every other city in the world. How have we gotten this far without knowing how all this space is used?