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Yes, I have read that the reason Soviet housing blocks were generally 6-9 stories was that the planners found it to optimize density. The other main benefit of
by opportune 7y ago
Yes, I have read that the reason Soviet housing blocks were generally 6-9 stories was that the planners found it to optimize density. The other main benefit of Soviet style housing was that there were large green areas between buildings, which we don’t have in a lot of American cities with similarly sized apartment buildings - here they will more commonly have a very small courtyard, bigger parking area, and otherwise go right up to the road.
- madengr 7y agoThey are called housing projects in the USA.
- asdafdssad 7y agoKinda. They weren't nearly as well thought out as the Soviet apt. were, and the underlying city planning was incompatible with the design. After all, if you're transforming your cities into a sea of asphalt and destroying the public transportation systems, how convenient is a housing project with thousands of units and no parking?
- fyfy18 7y agoThey also made cities sprawl a lot more than they did in the past, and built good public transport links so you can easily travel to your job without a car (which only a couple of people in your building would have).
- asdafdssad 7y agoThere was a lot of thought put into those housing blocks. Unfortunately, they invested the hard thought once and then copy/pasted it for the next 1 million units. Then they used bad materials. On the other hand, the Germans gave them a proper housing crisis to solve :S