1. Take a perfected typical floor layout such as those of a Hong Kong Housing Authority tower block. 

2. Multiply it upwards.

3. Then multiply it sideways in all four directions.

4. Elevate the entire thing to allow access, airflow and vegetation.

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This configuration allows maximum daylighting for residential uses and a lesser degree for the lower service and commercial uses. While unsuited to the higher latitudes, such an arrangement may be appropriate for tropical or subtropical climates. 

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Over four upper levels, such a configuration would produce a population density greater than that of Manila.