The whole point of the conceptualization is to explore what cities&#x2F;buildings might be like if we built bike-first. Of course it&#x27;s not &quot;practical&quot; versus the cheapness of first floor bike garages. It&#x27;s meant to be a vision of what we might do if we rebuilt things from first principles.<p>Certainly you could do both: have a good lift to your floor in the evenings that you could ride your bike into and then in the mornings coast your way all the way down as a fun way to start your day. Some people would even appreciate the extra uphill climb every day as an easy way to stay fit in their own home buildings.<p>Another thing to note here is that the conceptualized buildings are a lot wider than they are tall. The impression being that even if you had an elevator to your floor you might still want to ride your bike to your unit as the floor itself will be long enough to warrant that sort of thing.<p>Again, the goal here is to question design principles and it is a fair and interesting design because it asks questions about our assumptions. We currently don&#x27;t build buildings more than a quarter mile wide because once inside them we assume everyone has to walk. Thus we tend to build taller buildings instead. Shorter, wider, ramp-like buildings are an interesting idea and this concept gives us a vocabulary to discuss them.<p>Do I expect to see these in cities any time soon? Definitely not. But it is still a neat design worth discussing, especially if it allows us to re-question old city design assumptions.