Rendered real
"As geographers Jamie Peck, Elliot Siemiatycki and Elvin Wyly argue, the Vancouver model has been sold as a ‘winning combination of density, livability and sustainability – all rendered seductively real in the forest of glass-walled condominium towers that has colonised the downtown core since the late 1980s."
What is the meaning of the phrase "rendered real" in this context?
The source: Vertical by Stephen Graham
Top answer
The Vancouver model was designed to provide density, livability and sustainability. At that point it was only an idea. Architects built a cluster of such buildings downtown, and they were indeed dense, livable and sustainable.
- The Vancouver model was designed to provide density, livability and sustainability.
- At that point it was only an idea.
- Architects built a cluster of such buildings downtown, and they were indeed dense, livable and sustainable.
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The Vancouver model was designed to provide density, livability and sustainability. At that point it was only an idea. Architects built a cluster of such buildings downtown, and they were indeed dense, livable and sustainable.
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