Buildings as Species: Competition and Scaling Rules in Cities

Sara Najem, Tarek Tohme and Martin Grant

Complexity, 2026, vol. 2026, 1-6

Abstract: We look at buildings’ competition over space in cities following the distribution of the perimeters r of the buildings’ circumscribing ellipses. pr is shown to follow a power-law behavior beyond a critical threshold of the density of the built environment. In this regime, pd, where d is the distance to the nearest competitor, defined to be a building with a larger r, bifurcates with the buildings’ number n. This reveals two different competition laws: one which is linked to spatial homogeneity and segregation, as opposed to another favoring spatial diversity and intermixing between buildings with different sizes.

Date: 2026
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