3.2M views · Jan 26, 2015 · 14:21 · 4 HN recommenders · 6 mentions · discussed 2015–2018
The School of Life sets out principles for making attractive cities, arguing that the art has been lost in the modern world.
Why Hacker News points people here: Recommended in urban planning and housing threads as a concise summary of what makes cities livable and beautiful.
“This video is really informative in this regard and has changed my opinion on a few things”HN comment, 2018
“This video is really informative in this regard and has changed my opinion on a few things”
Informative on why some cities are beautiful
Because there are ugly cities and there are beautiful cities. And they are so for a reason. This video is really informative in this regard and has changed my opinion on a few things: this video
“This video captures quite a bit of what I consider important in city planning”
Captures important principles of city planning
This video captures quite a bit of what I consider important in city planning, would be interested to hear your thoughts on it: this video
“I believe it captures most of what is important in making a livable city that people enjoy living in.”
Ideas for making a livable city
What do you think of the ideas in this video: this video I believe it captures most of what is important in making a livable city that people enjoy living in.
“the same channel offers some more ideas and broader view solutions.”
Broader ideas and solutions for attractive cities
Relevant to this topic, Youtube channel "The School of Life" talks about this issue where people are reluctant to build, causing the housing price to go up. One Reason Homes Cost So Much: link As a follow up, the same channel offers some more ideas and broader view solutions. How to Make an Attractive City: this video
“made a video that explains that pretty well.”
Explains why building guidelines make cities beautiful
> Finally, it should be mentioned that buildings are owned by private companies and individuals, who generally have a right to do whatever they want to them! Err, no. A city can and should decide what the "overall look and feel" is. London fails at that spectacularly. Pretty much all cities that are considered beautiful have building guidelines in place that support that. Like: you can build only to the height of neighboring buildings, windows need to line up, specific styles and mandatory balconies to fit into the environment. Think of Amsterdam or Barcelona. The overall look of a city is part of the quality of life of its citizens. If you leave it to property developers, well, you get something like London. EDIT: "The school of Life" made a video that explains that pretty well. [1] 1: this video
“tailor new developments to the environment they are being placed in”
Tailoring new developments to their environment
The problem can be tackled by making efforts to tailor new developments to the environment they are being placed in. this video
