tech parks

Corporate innovation zones

Tech parks are planned developments where technology companies cluster together, typically featuring office buildings, research facilities, and shared amenities.

Also called technology parks, science parks, or research parks, they often locate near universities to facilitate collaboration and talent recruitment.

Silicon Valley spawned countless imitators—tech parks now ring major cities worldwide.

The concept promises innovation through proximity, though critics note many are just office complexes with aspirational branding.

Opposites
land use and development type

tech parkscentral business districts

Cities' main commercial zones

main streets · walkable neighborhoods · residential neighborhoods

economic sector and industry

tech parksindustrial zones

Areas designated for manufacturing

agricultural land · farmland · mining towns · fishing villages · logging camps

urban planning philosophy

tech parksslums

Impoverished, crowded districts

favelas

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G