Slow Start of Postmodernism in Urbanism and Architecture - Cities: Skylines - Altengrad 87

Rebuilding old places with new projects - radio building with plaza and residential blocks, TV tower and new city block using the emerging post modern approach to inner city urbanism.
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Altengrad is a time-progression Cities: Skylines series where I build a Central European city, located until 1989 in the Eastern Bloc, taking inspiration from Germany, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary. The series starts around the year 1920 and slowly advances forward in time, which means the city will naturally evolve all the way to modern times. The city is not a recreation of any one real-life city or country, but it takes inspiration from them.
PC specs are in the channel's About page. No, the game doesn't run like this in real time. Cinematics are recorded slow and made faster in editing.
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Major sources:
Books:
(I) "Paneláci 1,2" (Prefabs, parts 1 and 2)
(II) "Když se utopie stane skutečností" (When utopia becomes the reality)
(III) "Šedesátá léta v architektuře očima pamětníků" (Sixties in Architecture through the eyes of witnesses)
(IV) (A)typ : architektura osmdesátých let ((A)typical: architecture of the eighties)
TV:
(V) Archive of the Czech/Slovak/Czechoslovak TV and cinema news (various programmes, news clips or shows from relevant periods)
(VI) Recent Czech TV programmes like historie.cs and others
Other:
(VII) Museum visits, historical exhibitions or lectures
(VIII) Looking at various historical photos, for example from pastvu.com, fortepan.hu
Pictures used:
(1) Dawny Hotel Sofitel Forum Kraków by Travelarz / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-3.0, creativecommon...
(2) Forum Kraków 10-2003 by Błażej Pindor / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-3.0, creativecommon...
(3) 550 Madison Avenue July2015 by Citizen59 / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-3.0, creativecommon...
(4) Sony Building by David Shankbone by David Shankbone / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-2.5, creativecommon...
(5) Sony Building by Matthew Bisanz by MBisanz / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-3.0, creativecommon...
(6) Fairmont San Jose by Luiz Eduardo / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-2.0, creativecommon...
(7) Montpellier, France - panoramio (210) by Patrick Nouhailler / Panoramio / CC-BY-SA-3.0, creativecommon...
(8) Na příkopě 1, Na můstku 9, budova ČKD (01) by ŠJů / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-3.0, creativecommon...
(9) Václavské nám. Můstek by VitVit / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-4.0, creativecommon...
(10) Praha, Můstek, z Václavského náměstí by ŠJů / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-3.0, creativecommon...
(11) 20230421125DR Dresden-ÄNeustadt WBS 14 40 Martin-Luther-Straße by Jörg Blobelt / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-4.0, creativecommon...
(12) 19910623100NR Cottbus Wendenviertel Plattenbau Am Markt byJörg Blobelt / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-4.0, creativecommon...
(13) 19870922660NR Teterow innerst Plattenbau Wilhelm-Pieck-Str 52 by Jörg Blobelt / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-4.0, creativecommon...
(14) Schuhgasse Gera by Helmlechner / Wikimedia Commons / CC0
(15) 19860513140NR Halle Brunos Warte innerstädt Plattenbau by Jörg Blobelt / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-4.0, creativecommon...
(16) Vizafogo lakotelep 2.utem 02 by Kmiki87 / Wikimedia Commons / CC0
(17) Archiv Muzea hl. m. Prahy
#citiesskylines #altengrad

[@Whitty321]

Best Cities series on the web. Doing it through the decades has made this City look and feel like the most realistic City on youtube

[@hodgepodge51]

For sure

[@xandersboyyy]

this decade-by-decade form of build is one of the most incredible things I've seen done in Cities Skylines, so good

[@plini-xi3ux]

100% agree, it's an incredible series! Best one by far.

[@Konrad-z9w]

Right at the end, this doesn't even look like a game. Print it as a photo and I bet people would think it's a real city.

[@mewosh_]

That train depot next to the refurbished blocks seems like a perfect space for a horrible gigantic 2000s mall connected to a train station

[@petrhajduk9955]

Can be called "The Depot"

[@cybernakulum]

​@@petrhajduk9955That sounds more like the "trendy food and overpriced barbers" place finished in late 2010s, promising a deep post-industrial revitalization, but providing mostly fake brick and gentrification. A 2000s giant mall would be something like Forum Altengradia or Alten City Plaza - trashy English is a must for 00s teenage capitalism.

[@nicolasHUBIN]

This series is phenomenal. The history lesson, the urban designing, the manipulation of the game... phenomenal.

[@RC_animation]

I went crazy when this came out. I love this series so much.

[@danonck]

Not only it is the best CS series ever, but also it's one of the most interesting lesson on Eastern European architecture, history and culture, which as a Pole I really appreciate. So much nostalgia coming from watching your episodes. Simply stunning, that view in the end was chef's kiss. One thing I wanted to ask you for some time - would it be possible for the transition of before/after to be longer? Or perhaps from different perspectives too? I'm particularly enjoying this segment of each episode.

[@lagritsalammas]

I wanted to chime in and ask for exactly the same thing. I always find myself rewinding to rewatch the transitions multiple times, it's just so fascinating to see the contrast between what was before and what's new.

[@Akruas]

Thank you!

[@ala9606]

You singlehandedly made me an architecture and city planning nerd

[@AdriActive]

He did that to me too🔥

[@vakavakaa]

Vilnius mentioned! I was literally pumping my fist when you revealed the TV tower! On another note, I've been actively watching your 1900s altengrad videos and I gotta say - there are so many parallels I see here to how my hometown was developed here and frankly it's so fascinating, i always love tuning in because, while i really dislike those times and what still remains of them today, it's so cool to imagine the dreams architects once had of the cities, how the places we know came to be and what they could have been. I'm ranting now so just wanna say, love your videos and it's always such a festive time to see them on my notifications list

[@HerkusPaukste]

Real

[@spartan117zm]

TV Tower!!! Super hyped. This is the best Cities series on KZbin, and definitely one of the best series on the history of eastern block urbanism, and on general urbanism, too.

[@keksentdecker]

Every episode a banger, your way of building Altengrad so naturally is just the gold standard for realistic cities

[@kasnickijakub]

Can't wait to see how the city develops after the fall of the Soviet Union and the struggles of converting away from centrally organised industry to capitalism

[@dragonlukasmapping805]

When you mention Žižkov, i was expecting, that you will build TV tower. Only thing, which will surely change in 2000s, is putting babies on that tower :D Also when you are in mid 1980s, maybe you should expand skyline part of the city. Central european cities build some tall skyscrapers in that time. Like City Tower, City Empiria or Panorama Hotel in Prague. In Bratislava it was STV building and 115 tower.

[@richardfoldes7793]

Also smaller ones like Technopol and Hviezda in Bratislava. They are both around 80 metres

[@qzg7857]

When it comes to highrises then Warsaw 2000-2020 would be better example.

[@dragonlukasmapping805]

@@qzg7857 i know, but we have seen that highrise upgrade in 1960s which happened a lot in central europe. Same partially happened in 1980s, and biggest expansion should be probably in 2000s.

[@dragonlukasmapping805]

@@richardfoldes7793 i thought technopol was from 1960s but i check it out, and yeah its 80s. So yeah another good example.

[@richardfoldes7793]

@@dragonlukasmapping805 Now we can see that cities are now very individual. Most high-rises in Bratislava were completed in 2010s. I think there should be general expansion through the years in altengrad since its mix of cities.

[@branikeckes2715]

Vdaka za skvele videa. Velmi rad ich pozeram, su ukludnujuce a naucne. Keep up the good work, Thanks 🙏🏻

[@Akruas]

Thank you 😊

[@mimikal7548]

Wow big changes to the skyline! So great to see Altengrad develop.

[@genadijzhdanov2645]

Wow you put a TV tower from my city, what a honour !

[@Flaccidtetris]

As a Vilnius native it's super cool to see the TV Tower in the city, even if the Žižkov one is a better fit haha. Absolutely love the series!

[@thomaspatts4160]

My wish to actually visit Altengrad increases by each episode! Man this is some good stuff, thank you for keeping it up man.

[@TheOmegakix]

Ohooo this day just got better!

[@keijoaho9901]

This Akruas series is always enjoyable to watch.

[@heroe2491]

It is!

[@teiyeyia]

I absolutely love this series, the amount of research done for these videos are just inspiring! All that's needed is just minor post editing and it would look no different from real life

[@E11or]

Love the project so much. The addition of a TV-Tower was definitely a good one.

[@justassadauskas]

As someone from Lithuania, I was wondering if you will ever use that TV tower from Vilnius in your build 😂 great to see that! Great content!

[@nasalekausalitat]

Lovely cinematic at the start, its just a rest for my eyes. I often stop and just look, because it is so beautyful. Thanks for your time and work

[@latitude01]

Always looking forward to new episodes of Altengrad. It has been very insightful as an Arch student, looking forward to the 90s!

[@Spoon3rYT]

3:29 i stayed in that hotel!

[@petjuh1985]

In altengrad? 😍

[@蠍驧籲衋鸍虪鸝龘]

8:11 this "later form of postmodernism" can also be called "deconstructivism" and i think it's real cool!

[@SokaRome]

*goes out to find out babe* yo thats her lipstick , I barge out to the streets of Altengrad , I i saw a glimpse of a shadowy man and a female scream , I shout at him stop now , and run out to grab my girlfriend , Tune in to the next episode of BABE WAKE UP NEW ALTENGRAD EPISODE

[@SokaRome]

Yo i know my English isn’t da best >:(

[@ThoughtfulDuck-r8h]

its good, i can read it and the grammar is not terrible@@SokaRome

[@MaebhsUrbanity]

the Žižkov TV tower is on the workers and reasorces: soviet republic workshop, I wonder if it could easilly be ported, I know a lot goes from CS to WRSR, but I fear it whould be harder to go in the other direction, it's detail level probs isnt CS standards either and it's a bit late now.

[@kyleoneill3420]

This is such an underrated series. an A class history lesson while watching some of the best custom building the game has ever seen. Idk how you have the time my friend.

[@kyleoneill3420]

Maybe underrated is the wrong word. Seems like everyone is in agreement it’s one of if not the best series out there 😅

[@tDASH97]

your work is stunning. i really hope cs2 will be on a playable level someday to see you come up with even better projects than altengrad (though it will be difficult to top this)

[@kingbeangaming]

this series is under rated.

[@sergeygladkikh8520]

Always fun to see familiar buildings from Bratislava in your builds. The Slovak Radio is probably one of the ugliest but certainly quite characterstic too.

[@ma14.27]

I absolutely love watching you stack together custom buildings!❤

[@SoWhiskey]

This is definitely the best of the best CS series on YT.

[@nikoladubica]

Always worth the wait! Fantastic information here, inspires me to research these things about my city too.

[@Simon_SM]

Honestly I love your series I can't wait for new episodes it is so beautiful and relaxing to watch this as, even though this is central Europe, reminds me of the Balkans, mainly major cities Belgrade and Novi Sad have a lot of what happened in Central Europe too so this truly makes me sometimes think I am seeing pictures of Balkan cities Good job and thank you for making this

[@tutelshnela6729]

yooo slovenský rozhlas on top!!!

[@tutelshnela6729]

now add the national gallery

[@futureandevolution8315]

I will always love this series more than anything ❤️

[@ai97Nord]

31:44 Magnificent 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Love it Need POV from Car or Tram

[@stavroskoumoutsos7800]

After the WWI videos, this is by far my favourite part of this series. I would really appreciate it if you dived more into complexity and contradiction in architecture history! Even try building a crazy weird postmodern or blob building from scratch, would be really cool to watch in CS1!

[@csus4add9]

I learn something new every video

[@Akruas]

Thank you :)

[@richardfoldes7793]

I want to see roaring 90s in Altengrad 😂😂

[@T_sz__L_ski]

Greetings from postmodernistic Olechów, Łódź, PL

[@caiovalente1672]

I wonder if going around and darkening the average saturation of old building colors in the city would better convey the 80s eastern bloc vibes. I don't know if it would even be a feasible thing to do without a long long time doing a repetitive tasks or if you have a lot of buildings that you can't recolor, but if you could it might be a big jump in making the old city believable

[@geilimynogue5593]

I missed u so much💘 CS1 reigns Supreme!!!

[@globul3410]

I find it strange how you talk about how the only color they could paint their buildings was brown or green but you don't talk about the massive public arts projects in the eastern block countries

[@alexpetrov3289]

Train Depot (31:30) refurbishment could be also done later on. In Vienna (not really the 49-89 central europe era) in place of the Nordbahnhof and now the Nordwestbahnhof (Frachtenbahnhof) new modern developments are appearing, so that would be an interesting mix. Its really interesting seeing on the Nordwestbahnstrasse on one side old buildings, on the opposite brand new modern buildings.

[@simsInnovation]

Hands down, my favourite city.

[@drerri]

i use the vilnius tv tower in every city i build, a shame the riga tv tower doesnt exist on the workshop i find that one even better

[@Swampy428]

I wish someone made the Ještěd tower for CS1.

[@Honza135]

Or Ještěd shopping centre. Its honeycombe ground plan was somehing else. What a piece of architecture! I still miss that bulding.

[@bonumonu5534]

The skyline looks amazing

[@Mighty00785]

I think this series is perfect

[@ThoughtfulDuck-r8h]

i think it'd would've been cool to make a west altengrad and east altengrad like berlin, it'd be so cool. but nevertheless. i still think this is so cool, i love how akuras went for soviet architecture, makes it so much more interesting

[@dragonbornexpress5650]

"soviet architecture" Stop. There's this thing called Google; Use it.

[@ananas3081]

got 2 ideas for the series 1) maybe at the end of 80s you could make some cutscene like you did in ww2 episode, would be great to see some protests against the goverment in altengrad 2) how about making names of places/districts in interslavic language? i kinda miss some names that would make altengrad lore deeper

[@leoutter3557]

This series always inspire me to do stuff in the game Workers and resources.

[@nashwagemakers]

wish there was a historical progression mode/mod

[@purplebeamcz]

29:05 In this direction could be an airport thet would be perfect 🇨🇿

[@MestruTrmonen]

lovely work, i want to suggest maybe a military area/ airfield with soviet 80s design specialy in these years with the warsaw pact before the jump in the 90s, it would be cool to see

[@ssullivan11]

Engrossing video, as always. Would love to see an ice hockey/multi use arena in the city.

[@saber1885]

WAKE UP BABE NEW ALTENGRAD EPISODE

[@s-upper]

learning history of architecture styles with Akruas

[@CakeboyRiP]

Thank you for showing a building from The Netherlands

[@danielw.2442]

entertaining and educational at the same time :)

[@Mighty00785]

I absolutely love this.

[@the-cmo]

my fav CS channel

[@gardeningbuddy]

Been following this series since that castle on the hill in ep.1, amazing stuff. What roads are you using as your "blank" roads generally speaking? There were some avaliable last time I played (2 years ago) but the creator seems to have hidden them on the workshop. Are there any you can recommend if I just want blank slates for all sorts of variations of lanes/parking etc. so I can "paint" them all by myself with IMT?

[@Akruas]

Its custom roads made by the Road Builder mod

[@lord_speednase7094]

Damn that looks so god damn good. Do you have a modlist? And what about a safefile? I would love to explore the map. 😁🙏

[@justist3803]

Is Akruas secretly Slavoj Zizek? I counted more and so on and so on's than expected.

[@nashwagemakers]

ATV Tower!! ALTENGRAD TELEVISION

[@pikardkrystof]

Hello Akruas, I wanted to ask you where are you from and if you re an architect? Thank you for your great videos

[@jimmypetrock]

When seeing the first scene I saw a real city

[@konrad4180]

you should do series in: "workers & resources: soviet republic"

[@sisthefirst]

11:50 they literally wanted. and started to demolishing Josefov. witch they wanted to rebuild again. just after 80 years when it was rebuild by monarchy

[@pit3112]

I think Altengrad should have a metro system, seeing as most Soviet puppet states had metroes in their capitals. Edit: you should also have looked into yugoslav architecture, it has some very interesting brutalist and post-modernist buildings.

[@DavidVLV]

Did you change your microphone recently? In the last few videos your "S"es seem like they are hissing or whistling to me, it's honestly kind of distracting (sorry!). Love that you're not abandoning cities 1 content while other creators have moved on!

[@Gamma78.]

will you go past the 2020s with the project?

[@davidsevillano2259]

How much population have Altengrad at this point?

[@HighExplosiveSerenade]

Well... the city has 171.450 in-game population right now. I don't know if Akruas is using realistic population or other population modifying mods, but some people say that population in C:S1 is around 25% of the real life population. With this in mind, Altengrad should have a population of around 600.000/700.000 people. But if we judge the physical size of the city, comparing it so similarly sized and developed cities in real life, I would guess we should be talking of around half a million (500.000) population or so.

[@calebstern6232]

you should do a mini movie like with ww2 for the Altengrad revolution.

[@unconventionalideas5683]

Oof. I wish all the old buildings had simply been fixed and the car had never happened to cities. But that was not what happened. I guess now we just have to work with it going forwards.

[@patrickgalvez2432]

For a second I thought this was workers and resources Soviet republic

[@SoBadOmg]

I ask for a list of assets day 1

[@shotailashvili7723]

Hey I love your channel. Can you provide me with assets list you use on this map?

[@fagocitotico]

i really like hexagonal elements there. but I don't think the hexagons really fits the motifs of the building :( maybe triangles and Sharp angles would fit better the overall brutalist aspect of it

[@tamborero2645]

love it

[@seddero]

awesome

[@ElyaneBigeard]

akruas could you make a large square with vegetation, fountain and a large statue and elevator, staircase and ramp (for disabled people) and luxury stores on the next videos on Altengrad

[@Akna6901]

Your city is beautiful but the lack of suburban houses makes it unrealistic

[@dragonbornexpress5650]

He's already discussed this before; Since a lot of those suburbs wouldn't even be seen, there's not really much point in building them.

[@Akna6901]

@@dragonbornexpress5650 "pans over the camera to look at city scape each episode" - yeah theres no reason for them

[@dragonbornexpress5650]

@@Akna6901. His words, not mine; It's his choice on the matter.

[@Akna6901]

@@dragonbornexpress5650 uhm, yes i know? I was just saying my unprofessional opinion about it, also having even a tiny suburb around it would make it noticeably more imposing

[@shinitai-]

Best cs player

[@ChopChop643]

👍

[@yanislee1085]

PR pictures. Thanks for the reminders of how propaganda can be SO deceiving.

[@patrykburas3883]

This TV Tower, nah no bro.

[@makulatura5830]

Hi

[@Marcoshsilvaa]

[@mateo_sid]

[@Jazz-Man1910]

Hello everybody. This is YOUR daily dose of Soviet housing policy.

[@schmon2178]

👍