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Isn't that most of the stuff? Most places looks like a Corbusier-esq nightmare combined with heavy traffic solutions. It's not that we know how to build places
by kpil 11y ago
Isn't that most of the stuff? Most places looks like a Corbusier-esq nightmare combined with heavy traffic solutions.
It's not that we know how to build places where people would like to live, just look at the prices. (And remember that inner city densities work only because of that there are wealthy people there, with additional group dynamics in play - like they might be fired if they do even a weird thing.)
- pantalaimon 11y ago> And remember that inner city densities work only because of that there are wealthy people there Wait what? I live in Berlin and find the opposite to be true, the dense old construction areas tend to work very well regardless of the wealth of their occupants, the spaced out Corbusieresq nightmares however tend to turn into problem districts even though they tend to be less dense, creating a feeling of emptiness, a lack of social cohesion. Local shops, bars, etc just don't work when there are not enough people in the surrounding area and were often not intended in the function-speared new developments, making those streets much less lively.
- kpil 11y agoDon't you think there is quite some gentrification driving the social dynamics in Berlin? It is at least so here in Stockholm. But anyway, I totally agree, the suburban dense architecture fails because there is no social cohesion at all and the anonymity is total. Also, a lot of people with anti-social behaviour lives there... Some personal anectodes, but I think they are telling something about our cities: Now I live in a small house in a nice (low density) area where I know everyone by name. When I lived in the city, I did recognize a few. One neighbour eventually died because of heroin - but this was considered a very nice area. The man was really nice and polite, or apologetic rather, when I tried to help him. When I lived in a cheep flat in a suburb, I didn't even knew my neighbour in the flat next to mine. A man was stabbed to death outside my house the second evening after I moved in. The drug users were not polite at all... I tried to help no one. Some interesting reading is Phil Zimmerman and "The Lucifer effect." It has a chapter or so regarding this.