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- I can’t believe the southern US perfected the porch… and then just stopped building houses like this.
- “We just can’t build cities like we used to” Meanwhile in Guatemala built 2003:
- Indonesia’s new capital Vs Egypt’s new capital One looks more like the human scale was considered and the other is designed only with cars in mind. Why are we designing new cities like this still?
- Hot take: Central Park should have been placed on the Hudson River.
- We perfected the courtyard… Then we suddenly just stopped designing them
- “15-minute cities are so dystopian” What 15-minute cities actually look like:
- The largest city on the most populated island on earth is astonishingly massive… No this is not Tokyo. This is Jakarta, Indonesia on the most populated island on earth: Java
- Roads in cities should be: -Smaller -Slower -Safer The era of accepting stroads with 6 lanes is over.
- Less parking means more space for trees and people
- Replying to @dieworkwearThis is the work of a mortician
- Roads in cities should be: -Smaller -Slower -Safer The era of accepting stroads with 6 lanes is over.
- 2025: garage is the face of the house 1925: porch is the face of the house Can we go back to how things were?
- the exact moment residential areas were ruined forever
