Yeah, that's the view from the street. From the air I don't see how you could not call it bland and boring- the buildings all look -exactly- the same. Like I said in my post, it probably looks better in person, and go figure, it does!
Some Real-Life Aerial Views of Cities for Designer Inspiration:
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Yeah, that's the view from the street. From the air I don't see how you could not call it bland and boring- the buildings all look -exactly- the same. Like I said in my post, it probably looks better in person, and go figure, it does!
The real world looks way more "spaghetti-monsterish" than I remember it.. Now I wont feel as bad about my own road sprawls.
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Almere, The Netherlands (Probably one of the newest cities in the Netherlands) When they started this project, it was intended as a suburb of Amsterdam.
It is completely built on reclaimed land.
Down Town
This one district of many
Map of the city.
It is completely built on reclaimed land.
Down Town
This one district of many
Map of the city.
My three favourite cities.
Sheffield:
Nice photo, but I think you meant to say Birmingham
Nice photo, but I think you meant to say Birmingham
Damn, you're right.
I posted the wrong link and didn't think to check it
Changed it.
My home town/city of Tromsø. I don't know if it is town or city since we don't have words to describe the difference in Norway.
What i think is kind of cool about it is that we have the main roads going inside the island, in tunnels with roundabouts. I think they did it that way to preserve the free space on the top of the island. I wish we could build tunnels in CS so i could try to recreate some of this:
What i think is kind of cool about it is that we have the main roads going inside the island, in tunnels with roundabouts. I think they did it that way to preserve the free space on the top of the island. I wish we could build tunnels in CS so i could try to recreate some of this:
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Since we are doing stuff from google maps, here is one of my "favorite" intersections:
And here it is in satilite view: (note the traffic lights)
And here it is in satilite view: (note the traffic lights)
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Seems to me that Barcelona would be the easiest to recreate in any city-builder, due to the grid-like nature of that area. Never realized how regular their streets were. I was even more surprised to learn that that had nothing to do with its classical heritage, but was a relatively recent development.
I think its just jarring to see that in a major European city, but it grows on you very quickly.
I think its just jarring to see that in a major European city, but it grows on you very quickly.
Hamburg, in front HafenCity and the Elbe Philharmonic Hall, 2010 :
Shenzhen, one of the most built-up areas in the world and part of the Pearl River Delta Mega City:
African boomtown Luanda, Angola:
Shenzhen, one of the most built-up areas in the world and part of the Pearl River Delta Mega City:
African boomtown Luanda, Angola:
Some photos of the city Östersund, north of Sweden, where I live. Also a map of the city. Population approximately 50-55k.
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Oh okay, since everyone is doing their home towns.... here is mine - Christchurch, New Zealand. This is taken about 18 month after an unfortunate incident with plate tectonics... so its not quite looking its best. (All of the awkward empty brown spots used to be buildings).
