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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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Jospeh Rykwert citing Varro and Livy on how Greeks and Romans defined space. All traditional faiths (pagans, Japanese shinto etc.) acts in this manner: consecrated centers. Book faiths too but much less so. Moderns have forgotten these lessons so we end up with sprawl instead.pic.twitter.com/I3ZvQwufzA
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Carrel (noun) a small cubicle with a desk for the use of a reader or student in a library. a small enclosure or study in a cloister. Row of the 20 carrels in Abbey of St. Peter (now Gloucester Cathedral), built in 1381-1412.pic.twitter.com/JLDwE4sD8N
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The townhouse is the most sustainable and human scaled class of urban architecture ever invited. Let's revive them. (Lambert & Stahl, Stuttgart, 1890 - 1891)
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"The field must look back in humility to study not what is the latest in Los Angeles or Milano, what is oldest in Boston or Siena." — Victor Papanek on Traffic and urban planning (from the book "The Idea of Design").pic.twitter.com/OZgFIKguVu
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“Modern planners are so concerned about traffic that they have stopped thinking about anything but the fastest movement of cars & the attendant problems, as if the only function of the city is to serve as a racetrack for drivers between petrol pumps & hamburger stands.” — Papanekpic.twitter.com/1724bQjAFx
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Victor Papanek (1923-1998) )writes on the the motivations of traditional vs. modern town planners. The text is full of good quotes and insights, not least his quoting of André Gide and Aristotle.pic.twitter.com/eCup9hCdFB
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“The Department of Transportation, in its single-minded pursuit of traffic flow, has destroyed more American towns than General Sherman.” — Andrés Duanypic.twitter.com/OpQurZOZaE
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Reading Witold's account of staying in Palladio's Villa Saracen. Original interior walls almost 500 yrs. old. Unimaginable in today's bldgs.pic.twitter.com/1pb3MV7QEi
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“The biggest obstacle to change is the way we have been constructing houses, offices, roads, cities, and suburbs for decades; all around us, the need for air-conditioning is literally set in concrete and steel.” — Stan Cox, Losing Our Cool, 2010pic.twitter.com/rG8OjX4oMm
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“It is a fertile source of error, when treating a question relative to society, to consider it by itself, with no relationship to other questions, because society itself is only a group of relationships.” — Louis de Bonald, On Divorcepic.twitter.com/gLFdQTATBt
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Here is a better idea: set up a fund to restore the medieval hall, training and then employing those "poor people" to do the actual work, give them equivalent land nearby, let them build their own homes. Unless you prefer feeding the usual rent seekers...https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/who-behind-controversial-development-create-2837725 …
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Swedish carpenters recreate 11th century woodworking method. Long but cosy.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE2klxBE8QM …
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#GoodUrbanism. San Salvatore di Sinis, Venice, Bologna, Cesena.pic.twitter.com/avS5Nsd6uDThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
Still one of the best and widest ranging independent/personal blogs on urbanism out there.https://twitter.com/andrewaprice/status/1127709464910544897 …
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Compared to the highway, travel by rail is far less intrusive on both the destination and the countryside it has to pass through.
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The materials and workmanship is as poor as the architecture itself. This is supposedly the best of the best, in the most famous city on Earth. On par with everything else Progs build these days.https://twitter.com/rickaesthetic/status/1127462626731089921 …
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Now here is a little darling I know! A Western Honey Bee.pic.twitter.com/EKdtDYTK3u
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Kusaya is a Japenesd traditional island dish of salted dried fermented fish. The brine it is salted in is passed down generations and the oldest brines have been in continuous use for over 300 years. Is this the oldest human foodstuff in existence?pic.twitter.com/rDPxZaf8ZJ
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