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Mix of functions
- Mix of functions was a phenomenon typical for ancient cities, although there was a clustering of craft industries in medieval towns.
- Modernist urban planning introduced the segregation of mutually conflicting functions, which was often over-interpreted and led to reduced accessibility to many services and had to be compensated for by the increased mobility of the population.
- Nowadays, the diversification of functions as a tool to provide an opportunity to reduce the necessary mobility and thus energy consumption, emissions and the burden on urban space is an important element of sustainable design.