Urban Structures as Landforms

Unlike some landforms, human-made structures in general carry no primordial energy, but like landforms, they can direct, promote, or block the flow of energy. Some examples:

• narrow streets surrounded by skyscrapers act like narrow valleys with steep, sloping walls
• buildings with knifelike edges act like jagged peaks
• pointed objects like TV antennas and certain kinds of sculpture act like pointed rocks
• streets with fast-flowing traffic act like swift-flowing rivers
• roads shaped like dragons act like water dragons

Examples of harmful objects in urban environments
Spiky and blade-like sculpture		Building shaped like an ax

Building with protruding beams		Spiky pavilion

Satellite dishes		A triangular roof that resembles a spike

Sculpture of guns and arrows		Model of a missile

Structure on top of a building resembling a machine gun		Tank pointing at a house