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Yikes. Never gonna happen. I mean, christ scale it back a bit no?

t-writescode 4y ago
Given it’s designed in chunked neighborhoods with some sort of standardized system to allow commuting across the whole of its structure quickly, it absolutely sounds like something that could be built and tested in pieces.
mongol 4y ago
Exactly. Cities evolve organically, over decades and centuries. An up-front design like this will never come to be. Something may come from it, but it will be much more similar to a regular city than this.
- t-writescode 4y ago
  Designed cities are absolutely a thing in the two states that I've lived in. They'll build a bunch of amenities and a bunch of houses / townhomes all at the same time or near the same time and then people gobble up the town homes and already have a grocery store and a bunch of restaurants in this new, previously unoccupied area.
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago
  > up-front design like this will never come to be Paris [1] and D.C.’s cores were engineered. Several cities after WWII were bombed to a blank slate. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haussmann%27s_renovation_of_Paris https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haussmann%27s_renovation_of_...
  - mongol 4y ago
    Yes, but they still evolve. Looking at this concept, all of the city will be within two walls. I doubt it will be that way. It will soon start to sprawl outside.
    - JumpCrisscross 4y ago
      > all of the city will be within two walls Almost zero chance the labourers and support infrastructure is within the walls. Similar to how Manhattan (or any functional urban core) outlays low-value facilities. (To be clear, I think none of this will be built. But it’s not fundamentally unsound.)
  - yread 4y ago
    Canals of Amsterdam was the one of the first centrally planned city development in 17th century and it still stands (and it quite enjoyable to live in) today. They did run out of money in the middle of building it though so the eastern part of the plan didn't happen. Smart money is on something similar happening to this as well.
    - panick21_ 4y ago
      All those plans build on existing cities, existing population, existing economics. People in 17th didn't just go out and build Amsterdam. You really compared it. Maybe something like Brasília or something is a better comparison.
- kgeist 4y ago
  >Cities evolve organically, over decades and centuries. An up-front design like this will never come to be. Is it really different from what the communists did, except with a more modern design? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_planning_in_communist_countries https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_planning_in_communist_...
  - Canada 4y ago
    Yeah, the commie housing blocks were actually practical, unlike building something so tall.
  - chemmail 4y ago
    They had this in Hong Kong. It's called the Kowloon Walled City. Quiet amazing actually. It almost ruled itself in that the police did not want to deal with the drug dealers and all the police were paid off. Check out Chasing the Dragon that used the city as a backdrop.
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Given it’s designed in chunked neighborhoods with some sort of standardized system to allow commuting across the whole of its structure quickly, it absolutely sounds like something that could be built and tested in pieces.

mongol 4y ago

Exactly. Cities evolve organically, over decades and centuries. An up-front design like this will never come to be. Something may come from it, but it will be much more similar to a regular city than this.

t-writescode 4y ago
Designed cities are absolutely a thing in the two states that I've lived in. They'll build a bunch of amenities and a bunch of houses / townhomes all at the same time or near the same time and then people gobble up the town homes and already have a grocery store and a bunch of restaurants in this new, previously unoccupied area.
JumpCrisscross 4y ago
> up-front design like this will never come to be Paris [1] and D.C.’s cores were engineered. Several cities after WWII were bombed to a blank slate. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haussmann%27s_renovation_of_Paris https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haussmann%27s_renovation_of_...
- mongol 4y ago
  Yes, but they still evolve. Looking at this concept, all of the city will be within two walls. I doubt it will be that way. It will soon start to sprawl outside.
  - JumpCrisscross 4y ago
    > all of the city will be within two walls Almost zero chance the labourers and support infrastructure is within the walls. Similar to how Manhattan (or any functional urban core) outlays low-value facilities. (To be clear, I think none of this will be built. But it’s not fundamentally unsound.)
- yread 4y ago
  Canals of Amsterdam was the one of the first centrally planned city development in 17th century and it still stands (and it quite enjoyable to live in) today. They did run out of money in the middle of building it though so the eastern part of the plan didn't happen. Smart money is on something similar happening to this as well.
  - panick21_ 4y ago
    All those plans build on existing cities, existing population, existing economics. People in 17th didn't just go out and build Amsterdam. You really compared it. Maybe something like Brasília or something is a better comparison.
kgeist 4y ago
>Cities evolve organically, over decades and centuries. An up-front design like this will never come to be. Is it really different from what the communists did, except with a more modern design? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_planning_in_communist_countries https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_planning_in_communist_...
- Canada 4y ago
  Yeah, the commie housing blocks were actually practical, unlike building something so tall.
- chemmail 4y ago
  They had this in Hong Kong. It's called the Kowloon Walled City. Quiet amazing actually. It almost ruled itself in that the police did not want to deal with the drug dealers and all the police were paid off. Check out Chasing the Dragon that used the city as a backdrop.
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