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Who is the one to decide what is "authentic"? Also, the world "kitsch" conveniently is used when drawing inspiration from anything before the 1930s. However, building modernist (bauhaus) architecture is somehow not kitsch...

@ there is drawing inspiration and drawing inspiration. I know a row of xviiii century classical semidetached mansions on tiny plots with styrofoam moldings and ornamental plastic lanterns sold to lower middle class. I don’t know any other term to call it apart from kitch. And the trouble with bauhaus is that there is a reason behind every move taken, from the layout to the shape, to the room height, to the material applied. And the aesthetic is very simple. But still we are in 2020s so why should we build as if it was 1920s?

All buildings should be in the classical tradition (there are beautiful new ones built in Amsterdam as we speak) as post war modernism brings nothing to the city. Just ugliness and strange anywhere architecture. Just look at how wonderfully they replaced tons of modernism with neo art deco buildings at Kalverstraat or Damrak.

​@@michael.diamantall are opinions. Yours is just as valid as the opinions of others. I like the modern architecture. You clearly don't. But stating only one style should be used is kinda scary. Totalitarian. Shame ❤

@@tarimastanaka615 style? I never talk about styles. Modernism as an ideology should be scraped and we should only build in the classical tradition. Within that tradition there are unlimited amount of styles.

It looks still 2 way

On big busy roads street parking is terrible but on small residential streets with no traffic it means you can enjoy a garden instead of stare at a drive.

Walk.

​@@Shirokroetehumans have invented the best method of transport (personal cars) and choose to abandon it just so you can have a bench and some trees. Im so glad i dont have to live in a city

@@angrycreeper100 I'm sorry that I want my cities to be built for people not giant hunks of metal. Also sorry for not being 200kg and having functional legs which can carry me for the few hundred meters to the shopping mart.

​@@angrycreeper100 best yes, not fastest, cheapest or most efficient or safest. That belongs to public transport, cycling or walking. Car is for going for abandoned places, have your own personal space or if you have none of the others available

most roads in the Netherlands don't need bicycle infrastructure because they're safe enough

That’s where side walks come in. Instead of parking right there you park farther away and walk to your destination

narrower lanes don't lead to any more traffic congestion than wider lanes would. the exact same amount of cars can go through it

This isn’t how traffic engineering works

Ok, walk or take transit

@@alault-cook4072 I'd rather park near the place I'm trying to go than 3 miles down

That's their goal.

But then aren't the roads too narrow? I mean a car barely fits in a lane

@@69k_goldin cities like Amsterdam most people do not need to own a car. It is actually much cheaper for most people not to own one. The demand for road space is quite low because of this.

​@@69k_goldin everywhere but the US cars arent massive and can fit in small places

​@@rnimations Well.. yes, but actually no. Yes, American cars are huge and need more space because of it. No, having "more space" does not make them fit better, planning the roadway properly will make cars fit better. It is not necessary to have 2 lane streets here. Instead, had this been undeveloped land built for a business or city center, we could add a center grass median and a tram railway. We don't have that option, so we'll just make it one way, a wide walking path, or a 2 lane biking biking path. Also, the diagram that shows the cars parked on the bigger street basically created a 2 way street, with 2 lanes each. This was wide enough for 2 cars, but it could be made slightly wider so we could add slight jettisons, pavement peninsulas, or speed bumbs to create a street fhat naturally creates slower drivin environments, while preserving parking space and walking areas. We could also add islands for people to drive around with speed bumps near them. You can also see that the avenue connected to the street is narrower than the street by counting cross walk stripes. That would be a one way.

Amsterdam is the crappiest city ever. One thing they did right is street design, and even though, it is debatable. Rest, Amsterdam is worst city I've been to and never want to return again

this is a one to one copy of dutch street design, and most streets in the netherlands are two way and not one way even when they look like this and traffic is much more improved

This only has a single one way street. Even if both were one way, that doesn't hinder a whole bunch. Alleys exist, and delivery vans are why we have them. Parking is necessary, yes, but we don't need a parking lot larger than the building itself and we encourage the use of other forms of transport by doing this. Walking, biking, and roller skating all become more viable, not to mention skateboarding, scootering, and bringing your kids on a walk with a wagon. You can also see that the avenue connected to the street is narrower than the street by counting crosswalk stripes. That would be a one way. That would be the only one way designed to be a one way. As far as semi parking, I don't want an 18 wheeler in my walking area in the same way I don't want them close to the Walmart entrance. They're huge. They block views, and they're ugly. Semi drivers probably wouldn't even want to drive on the first street anyway. It's still a busy walking area regardless, and I can see that by looking at the size of the buildings alone. So, instead of "mingling parking area with tea sipping tables" we "created a multi capacity business center that encourages physical activity, safe driving, and leisurely activities." Also, we can always just do a classic "make the corners near the cross walk wider. We'll paint in parking spots in the areas unfilled by pedestrian zones," because we already do this and it isnt a bad thing.

it’s probably a residential area

@sanitygone-l9y ...so? : )

@@pcongre meaning those townhouses / apartments would still need parking.

parking is great to have, wdym

@@shotnothing3419 why subsidize urban parking at all? I see no reason to copy European mistakes (instead of Asian proven concepts, in short)

In 30kmh zones bike lanes aren't usually needed, I recommend watching the video about traffic and residential areas!

​@streetscaping I guess that's true, but you didn't say that this was 30km/h zone, and I don't think this street design forces people to actually drive 30km/h. The street is pretty straight, and if you include the parking area, a lot of the space is still dedicated to cars, which subtly signals faster speeds. The street has also only just been converted from major car gutter to this, so for quite a while people will still be adapting to its new function, and they'll still think of it as mainly for cars. Transforming it from car gutter straight to shared space is skipping a step. You first need to reduce the amount of car traffic that goes there in the first place, and increase the amount of bike traffic, otherwise cars simply dominate the road. Also, with this design bicycles will be in the dooring zone. I've cycled in Amsterdam my whole life, and streets that look like this, narrow, shared, with parking on both sides, aren't comfortable to ride on if there's a significant amount of car traffic. You'd need to prohibit through-traffic for this to work. Otherwise these feel dangerous. I avoid them when I can. I'd say remove a parking lane on one side, and on the other side, put a bike lane, separated from the main road by the remaining parking lane. Then next time the street is re-done, and car traffic has reduced in the whole network, maybe then you can turn it into a shared space.

​@@ryn2844speed limit can't be much higher if the streets are that narrow and flanked by walkways, so it can be inferred

Modern architects are the most narcistic dominant people in the world. For example in the Utrecht a new shopping center The Wall was built. A giant bathtub of 500 meters long. With parking garages indoor of course. Yet The Wall also needed 2 diesel engines to provide water pressure for the sprinkler system. These exhaust pipes of these engine were not built outside The Wall, but indoors into a parking garage. Quite unhealthy, but the architect resisted to build these tail pipes outside, because they were ugly. In the end the health code prevailed and the tail pipes were placed outdoors. You can see it on this picture, 2 tiny grey squares. www.google.nl/maps/@52.1041282,5.0593171,3a,75y,33.17h,89.54t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s_g7R1z3YrT5AdQPscArBpg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D0.45849077070570843%26panoid%3D_g7R1z3YrT5AdQPscArBpg%26yaw%3D33.16952241059501!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTIxMC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

You can build beautiful social housing and no need to demolish beauty and replace it with sterile ugliness.

part of the accent, imo; some European languages have separate long and short vowels, maybe the person speaking is using one of these as their main

My English sounds pretty german, and I like it when I hear English with french, italian or indian accent, but this annoyed me as well.

I speak 4 languages daily, so keeping up with the different accents is a bit hard