Another step was to incorporate what Ng calls the "Walmart typology" into a landscape that is still well-connected to the community. Incorporating large retail into community meant changing the approach. So while separating the residences from the businesses, Ng made sure they didn't feel starkly different by retaining the same plan used throughout the rest of the city. Photo 7 of 10 in A New Model for Suburbia by Skylar Bergl

A New Model for Suburbia

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Another step was to incorporate what Ng calls the "Walmart typology" into a landscape that is still well-connected to the community. Incorporating large retail into community meant changing the approach. So while separating the residences from the businesses, Ng made sure they didn't feel starkly different by retaining the same plan used throughout the rest of the city.