A village or a tower? New tool kit aims to create a softer approach to high-density living in Edmonton

It’s easy to feel lonely and crowded at the same time in the type of towers going up across Edmonton’s most-populated neighbourhoods.
Meeting a neighbour in a cramped elevator is uncomfortable, socially awkward and, once inside a condo unit, only pigeons walk by the window.
But it doesn’t have to be that way, says a group of researchers who studied neuroscience, sociology, environmental psychology, architecture and public health to create a new set of design guidelines for high