Traditional urbanism has short blocks. No building takes more than 3-4 seconds to walk past, providing interesting colors, shops, textures.pic.twitter.com/oysnZ1hbj7
It is time for a thread on traditional urbanism, or town planning 13th century style. I will dispel some myths of modern dis-urbanism.pic.twitter.com/wUbkEuGy9a
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Modern dis-urbanism means massive buildings, long block: takes minutes to walk past with nothing to distract or relieve the tedium. (Zürich)pic.twitter.com/XLt7NSoWWG
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Traditional towns built with terrain: hills, valleys, stairs, steps, corners, odd squares. Landscaping unnecessary/uneconomical. (Stockholm)pic.twitter.com/lSIa7yUjw5
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Modern dis-urbanism has buildings/houses separated, apart, at best standing-off across wide streets, making community impossible. (Hamburg)pic.twitter.com/gJE691yJc3
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Traditional urbanism means buildings are tight, close, interlocking and over-looking, often built right into their neighbors. (Colmar)pic.twitter.com/SFQb6QHXJV
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Traditional urbanism naturally limited the number of floors rather than the height: variation. More sun means possibility of denser cities.pic.twitter.com/0Uyhi59ta6
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Warning: Introducing "social housing" into your town = injecting cancer in your body. Only to be attempted with strict rules (Fuggerei 1516)pic.twitter.com/XN49LSxrqF
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Traditional urbanism means a multitude of transport systems, not the monoculture of modern dis-urbanism. Canals open up and connect (Fyn).pic.twitter.com/PIKTwtjdgw
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Traditional urbanism means building on street level, right out into the street. No wastage! Can't get more bang for your rigsdaler. (Aarhus)pic.twitter.com/12SExe50Ss
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Lower buildings and tight front streets means opportunity for small back gardens, inner yards: use for economic, gardening or recreation.pic.twitter.com/8kLhlGASxE
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Bonus: Traditional urbanism is a boon for local economy, instantly recognizable and a magnet for tourists. Can this be anywhere but Irkutsk?pic.twitter.com/yYWHJb4cmc
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Street layout is important in how a town is experienced. In fairness I use only photos from Stockholm Old Town, pop. 3000. Sweden. Let's go!pic.twitter.com/dtgnOtegit
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Long streets that go on and on without any obvious end feel un-focused. These are only defensible as boulevards, towards a monumental bldg.pic.twitter.com/m7k6Z9Mplh
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Long streets are best when slightly turned or twisted, combined with interesting ground floors they become attractive rather than corridors.pic.twitter.com/o3PKSF72Wa
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The best long streets are not straight, and always focused on something: in this case a parish church provides an interesting focal point.pic.twitter.com/5mOCTSFkoZ
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Combine turning streets with interesting ground floors and focal points, and you get that most sought after and magical thing: a real place.pic.twitter.com/LgXkpUHRaQ
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To continue: not all streets need to be run of the mill streets. Some streets can be tunnels...pic.twitter.com/zHT6iwZoew
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Traditional towns require almost little or no public transport. Stockholm Old town has one single subway station connecting it to the City.pic.twitter.com/K8GES469mL
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Like many old towns it is located on an island (others are built like islands). Two ferry lines service it, with boats from picturesque...pic.twitter.com/9BT66FPIOf
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With 3000 inhabitants, you can walk to any point in less than 12 minutes, making cars useless (there are less than 400 parking spaces).pic.twitter.com/US5u4n0CjD
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So far I have covered how we experience traditional urbanism (streets, layout etc.), let's have a look at how it evolves, grows up: plots.pic.twitter.com/R2NpLqrmP7
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Modern urbanism builds from the center of the plots and builds only fully realized structures, like with fossils, no evolution is possible.pic.twitter.com/qmJ2lJ1Iij
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Traditional urbanism starts right at the edge of the street, eventually only the center will be "open" (see Visby: mature 13th c. plots).pic.twitter.com/mHilUevhfp
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The buildings grow together, in shape, form, material, height, usage, organically over the centuries. No plot or bldg. is out of place.pic.twitter.com/MZSttljSx6
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Individual bldgs can be started small, grow towards the back, up. This bldg. in Siena was added to, improved, enlarged, from 13th to 21st c.pic.twitter.com/ojI4R0LefC
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Modern Urbanism relies on bldgs like the “Shard”, there is nothing you could do to add or improve on this; it can only decay from here on.pic.twitter.com/21e0AFKhfd
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Traditional Urbanism means an unruly but captivating organic mix of eras, densities, purposes and material: ecological and sustainable.pic.twitter.com/95cXEp7kNN
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(It is really hard to illustrate plot evolution using photos of existing cities but this model of medieval Copenhagen does the job well.)pic.twitter.com/lKDShQtEOl
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