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There's an immigration crises

How much do I love this movement? It's so obvious though, right?

Great job, you just reduced the amount of homes. And where do you put the left over homes still desperately needed? And the buildings look extremely expensive. If you couple that with your aversion against public spaces, congratulation, you reinvestment the gated rich people neighborhood. But of course, building for peoples needs is not as sexy as building beautiful cities normal people can't afford to live in.

As a history student at the UU (Utrecht University) who travels through the city centre and the station area daily, I can say that while I despise (post-)modern architecture and hate the new projects near the Jaarbeurs, the new Hoog-Catherijne is a clear improvement over the old 70's design. It is not my preferred style of shopping centre, but everything is better then the blocky concrete jungle it used to be. And what should also be mentioned is that Utrecht already made one giant leap when it comes to quality of life. The canal that can be seen under the central hall of the mall used to be a submerged 4-lane throughway for cars, build in place of the original canal when the original mall was build. When they redeveloped the mall, they also returned the canal to what it was always supposed to be. And removing the road has had negligible effect on traffic, because the city is very accesible by bike, public transport, or simply one's own feet. On another note, I will definitely share this video and this plan with my friends at uni who share the same ideas about architecture. Let's hope that the city actually takes this into consideration instead of caving to modernists like it usually does when it comes to anywhere outside of the protected centre.

When target is to create buildings for 6k ppl, then it’s a bit ignorant to create cozy classical town houses for rich 1k ppl.

I feel this video is more idealistic than practical. The best way to build with natural stones is to use as cladding.

In America, YIMBY-ism is pushing for a lot warehouses-for-people in a mid rise donut, S or figure 8 pattern just to get numbers of units. There’s almost no interest from them to fit the buildings into the context or architecture with the place. While I appreciate Modern ideals of architecture, we’ve swung too far away from our roots without evolving or adapting, creating this artificial divide between Modernism & Traditionalism, which ignores everything in between.

To some people money IS everything. Its complicated why that is and indeed there are individual reasons for individual people. But that attitude is, regardless of the reason, a disturbance in a healthy psyche. That is where we must look, if we want healthy architecture that nourishes the human being. In America and Italy. I believe, in the realm of addiction rehabilitation for example, there are organizations that treat addictions by residential programs on regenerative agriculture farms. RFK Jr has talked about them. 5he addicts must commit to two-year there, and they work onthefarm learning skills from previous residents, like cooking, textiles, farming, building. There are rules residents have to abide by including no internet, no phones ,no drugs or alcohol. Essentialy thes adults are reparented and grow in character. Selfishness transforms into caring about others. And so on. These developers who build so poorly, so inhumanely are ill. They may not look it or act it. But as the saying goes, 'by their actions ye shall know them.'

Everything old is new again... Architecture, like all the arts, is in a constantly changing cycle. But I'll be very glad when human-scale architecture returns.

so proud of them! sending love from the US

Sounds backwarded to me. Whats next? Back to caves?

as a person who has lived here for years, i really love the place, but it requires some more vernacular architecture… the palm jumeirah has a lot of apartments that draw a few architectural elements from vernacular arabian architecture, they do look quite pleasing.

stone does not meet building codes, nor should it.

Just stop trying to revive the long ago dead architecture styles. They were abandoned because of reasons.

Hello everyone, over 60 years we see so called modern plans for building homes. A few times it did work, but mostly not. People do eat and sleep there, but go out to the old centers of cities. O was luckily to have parents who loved history and old architecture. I was 3 years old mostly 4 when we did go out at that time, on a moped that was literally a bicycle with an auxiliary motor, the Solex. We did go out of Amsterdam to Wijk bij Duurstede, on the way stopping by beautiful old buildings and my father told about the time it was built, the style, and all there was to tell. Most modern people don't learn really about history and architecture. In my opinion this isn't right. Were are the old skills of reading, writing and calculating. Why don't know many people about the WWII as example. Groing up with good and mixed education Let see young people a wide spectrum of possibilities. What do you think? Have you all a wonderful day and let's make a better World. Arie the Dutchman.

Modern block buildings are also harder to build. They always contain some sort of weird feature that the designers want that looks like it is defying gravity. I can guarantee modern architecture has tons of unnecessary costs.

The beauty and superior aesthetics of traditional designs are undeniable. However, as you say yourself but seem to forget, cities are built for people. In the context of housing crisis how can you justify much less people finding a home because of aesthetic concerns and by ignoring higher density? You conveniently gloss over this concern. Furthermore, the cost of traditional architecture is much higher and that's without factoring the current labour shortage and need to relearn and remaster lost skills. Who will pay for it? If it's only on the buyers in the new development say no more, it will only be affordable to the rich. If this is to be a mixed housing and mixed income development it will have to somehow be subsidized. Can one justify a higher fiscal burden to effectively house less people? I have impression you are treating this an art project that has abstracted away socioeconomic realities every city planner must contend with. Very real people would be affected by this. If the costs could be brought down close to modern crap, this could be a way forward but you might still have to pave over more of what little land the Netherlands has to house the same number of people.

And just like that, you've failed to address the housing problem. Congratulations

This is truely amazing. Make Europe's Citys great again!

Ah, so there will be a housing shortfall just so some folks can have aesthetic looking buildings. Nice. You showed these modernist losers!

Is there a school in the UK? Or with english spoken?

True fact! In Rennes architectural school, they teach students to burn churches!!! 😱

The "nightmare" version looks like Seestadt in Aspern, Vienna. Funny that you show TU Wien when talking about your hope for a university that teaches traditional architecture

Although i'm critical of much modernist architecture, i find your movement very ocnservative. I've been to your beloved Brandevoort and also to Op Buuren and this kind of imitation felt like fake Disney to me. China also likes to copy European classic architecture and it usually turns out odd.

5:20 Oh come on, stop it with this American fearmongering. We have playgrounds everywhere that are fully accessible to the public, that kids can go to on their own.

God I'm so grateful of being born white... Imagine being born brown... Horrible. Btw those ancient Greeks and Romans weren't gay at all, that's all propaganda and lies

It's really a travesty when the brightness and ingenuity of young minds is snuffed out by stodgy, arrogant incumbents

Why is there a housing crises in the first place needs to be addressed. We cannot endlessly build, and no matter how beautiful or well-planned, development has an inherent impact on the natural and historical environment. The birth-rate in all European countries is below replacement level, so even with an aging pop. the demand should be starting to go down. In many parts of Europe, housing goes to non-EU citizens or those who newly acquired citizenship. Mass immigration, irregular migration and illegal migration are an existential threat to the very things you seek to promote and protect with this channel. I understand it's a controversial topic but we need to be mature and have the courage to discuss it, and I think it is very relevant to city planning and architecture.

The classical/traditional buildings are beautiful because they are smaller scaled and heavily ornamented. You can build them, but a single townhouse home would cost millions of euros.

I’ve watched countless vinyl collection videos. I think yours is the best one so far, you have everything in your collection.

It is terrible. Really. All that tried interesting classical concepts here got a bad grade, and the only really good grade was some kind of wooden cube that was lifted off of the ground. Here they pretend to try to make us professionals, to make us reform buildings and economize materials, to not be an "artist", a "star", and work in the long term. Yet in prectice they do all the contrary. Forgive me if I don't make sense, english is not my first language.

Modern architecture should reflect the time that it is built and not ape the past!

That is some seriously talented students, very impressed! Love it! 👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻😍🥰

Just do what London does have 500,000 of the exact same house in a row 😅

Where can I see the complete projects made by students?

Thank you very much for the Portuguese Audio Track, your channel is amazing! Your content attracts me a lot, I like Architecture and Urbanism, your videos are great! I wish there were more videos in Portuguese,Anyway, thank you very much for the translation. 🇧🇷♥️

My only question is: would this not become way to expensive to realistically do it? Not criticism, a genuine question

All fine if you ignore boring topics like funding and affordability.

Make the world beautiful again!

I am in my late 30's I kind of want to go back to school and become a classical architect. I have a Bachelor in Arts and animation and I am very comfortable with traditional drawing and sketching I wonder if that would suffice to apply.

I can only imagine how my city would look if you guys were the archetects of these new neighbourhoods

Been so often in Dresden....a beautiful town ..... worse a visit every time

I normally agree with what you propose but many brutalism buildings and bridges have 70 years old or more, and they are still standing, any building even stone buildings need maintenance, so the premise of this video is based on lies

hey! i actually manage the area during the building process.

Really like the basic insight, most people indeed prefer nicely detailed and proportioned older buildings to modern ones. Unfortunately the video only shows some glimpses of the answers offered by this school, and from what is shown it just looks like replica old buildings. Historicising architecture lying to its viewer to be old. It's fake, pretentious and it lacks imagination. What I would like to have architects produce instead is inspiring contemporary buildings that have their roots in tradition, offer a sense of place and beauty like the old city center, without pretending to be old. Modern buildings in the center of Brugge are a great example. And I totally disagree with the point that the courtyards should be closed to the public to make sure no "shady people" can walj in. We don't need walled compounds in the Netherlands, we have proper public security, and the courtyard setup already offers plenty social control over what's happening there. So I'd say, great initial idea but please go back to the drawing board, spend more time using your imagination and for God's sake buy a laptop

Thank you for the balanced perspective. For me personally, Dubai is the absolute embodiment of everything I could possibly find wrong in urban planning and architecture, so it was interesting to listen to your vision of the possibility of rescuing it.

I love traditional architecture. But like with modern architecture, "form follows function" is its greatest strength and its greatest weakness. "Function follows form" is both the greatest strength and greatest weakness of traditional architecture to me. I feel like people need to remember that that too is an extreme. When traditional architecture died and was replaced by ideals of modern architecture is just swung from one extreme to another. I hope that traditional architecture succeeds but I hope that doesn't mean swinging from one extreme to another again. The way contemporary architecture can use space can be incredible and beautiful as it is not restricted by rigid rules. I think modern architecture could have been so much nicer if they wouldn't have forgotten the ideals of nice proportions and ornamentation.