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March 24, 2009

You didn't have to be nuts to invest with Madoff, but it helped:
Couple's Dreams of Immortality at Death's Door, Thanks to Madoff Of all the dreams that were crushed by Mr. Madoff's crime, perhaps none was more unusual than this duo's of achieving everlasting life through architecture. Mr. Arakawa (he uses only his last name) and Ms. Gins design structures they say can enable inhabitants to "counteract the usual human destiny of having to die." .... They build buildings with no doors inside. They place rooms far apart. They put windows near the ceiling or near the floor. Between rooms are sloping, bumpy moonscape-like floors designed to throw occupants off balance. These features, they argue, stimulate the body and mind, thus prolonging life. "You become like a baby," says Mr. Arakawa.

Posted by Vanderleun at March 24, 2009 11:22 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.