A genius cluster is a place where mutually influencing people and institutions gather, exchange ideas, and support unusually strong creative or intellectual work. Such clusters can emerge, grow, and dissolve as influence and resources shift. section 3.2.4
Alexandria and modern technology sites
Alexandria grew around the Great Library, which attracted intellectuals and accumulated written knowledge. Comparable patterns appear in Paris, New York, Silicon Valley, and business communities designed to help people and companies grow ideas. section 3.2.4
Figure 3.5 The Corda campus close to my home in Hasselt, Belgium, is an example of a modern technology site that focuses on what business conglomerates and owners call “business communities”: where people and companies, both large and small, come together to grow ideas. In short, it is one of the many business parks engineered as a genius cluster skeleton. Photo © Karel Hemerijckx.
A campus organized as a business community makes the cluster visible: shared space brings companies and people together around developing ideas. section 3.2.4
