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Addressable Space: Appendix

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This appendix traces how mechanical and automated systems have progressively occupied dedicated floor space in tall buildings since the 20th century, using a timeline of specific skyscrapers (World Trade Center through a speculative future 'Ware-House') to demonstrate the increasing displacement of human-occupied space by infrastructure. Hart argues that this historical trajectory suggests a future scenario where high-rise buildings could be engineered primarily to house automated systems rather than people, with addressable space becoming dominated by technological systems rather than human inhabitation.

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