A New Architecture of Happiness?

The proposed campus of the Rethinking Happiness project (from www.rethinkinghappiness.info)

Hello and happy Thursday morning. It's another overcast day in Los Angeles, so let's get right into the news--namely this story by Maria Popova of big think. It details a new architectural/research project by Aldo Cibic that aims to create a sustainable community of happy people.

Aldo writes:

We have to prepare ourselves to see with new eyes, to think about a tabula rasa situation in which to redefine needs, habits, activities, dreams in relation to new conditions of existence, to think about a more up-to-date idea of contemporary life.

Apart from the artsy talk, this community sounds like a great place to live. Most researchers agree that a sense of community is an important ingredient for happiness (and also life-expectancy). If Aldo's campus brings people closer together than more "normal" city housing, it probably will make for a happier population.

What do you think? If you live in a big city, how happy are you? Would living in the Rethinking Happiness community make you happier?  We're still hard up for comments, so send one our way.

Via big think