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Crémieux
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I'm a fan of this concept (pic related). Highly recommended piece.
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Is it possible to re-plan and densify a city, with the consent of people who would otherwise object to development? Yes, says @AnyaM8_: it’s how much of the great urbanism of Japan was created. worksinprogress.co/issue/how-to-r
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Crémieux
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Earlier thread:
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@cremieuxrecueil
Roughly one-third of all of Japan's urban building was done through a process of replotting land parcels and reconstructing homes to increase local density while making way for new infrastructure🧵 Conceptually, it's like this:
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Juniper
@JuniperViews
This is quite common in Asia but I doubt Americans are willing to give up their freedom (single family homes)
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Riyan Mendonsa
@RiyanMendonsa
Quite a common thing in a lot of countries... Thing is in quite a few of them (still single digit percentages to my knowledge), the construction stalls and the owners loose their land in many ways. How do you make sure this does not happen?
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Toasty
@toastyJ
I read that thread you posted and I think it’s a neat idea, sure. But the problem is that—maybe particularly in America—a lot of people would not go along with it, because a lot of us have literally zero interest in living in a shared building. The idea that on the other side
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sleepysun
@TroonApocalypse
If it works for them then great but I would never under any circumstances or an amazing proposed offer sell my land for those purposes
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AltAzn
@Alt_Azn
They think American’s objections is for the dense buildings and not the people who would fill them up.
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Leg Before Teebo
@dmesg
This concept is big in India too, at least in the larger cities. Seems to be a win-win for everybody involved.
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Joe Mama
@Joe126521
Pacific Palisades needs this. Trade land for townhouse (not condo ... yuck plumbing).
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Medusa
@Medusa28436366
This is how Athens was built. It has several problems.1 it should foresee all future needs for space e.g parking, facilities etc because it is impossible to repurpose again. 2 all the streets are choked because it also densifies traffic. 3 other issues concerning inheritance
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@TriNakw3
This would be awesome but the cries of tyranny from the average american would stop this before it got anywhere close to happening.
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michaelturton
@michaelturton
Why are you a fan? It simply results in low TFR cities that are little more than very convenient necropolises. Densification is suicide.
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