Evolution of Urban Design and Planning In Central Europe - Cities: Skylines - Altengrad 72

[@aleksasimovic2985]

This series has profoundly shaped the way I look at buildings in my own city! Thank you for covering this niche topic!

[@KittenRaee]

PTSD kicking in full time 🤣

[@Konrad-z9w]

Children back then often went outside to play unaccompanied. Now imagine all buildings looking the same. So in some neighborhoods all entrances were painted differently, sometimes even had giant cartoon characters (yes eastern bloc had cartoon magazines too) and kids would know where they lived.

[@antonisauren8998]

When my cat run out onto the stairs, she forget how many stores she passed when running back and scratched doors of neighbour above. :D Even now when returning drunk at night I sometimes miss the right entry. The best way to distinguish them is due to vegetation, but when they were build there was at most grass.

[@bubblegumrick7870]

Never thought I would be so interested in Architecture until I saw this magnificent channel

[@ming2980]

Have you considered maybe making Altengrad a host for EUFA EURO Football championship in the 2000s? It would be a cool excuse to build some kind of modern football stadium and upgrading the highway system

[@TheMarkowymarek]

I'm polish and I really love the Altengrad series! I learned so many things from watching your videos. The city you're building here just feels so familiar. It made me subscribe in steam workshop some weeks ago to the very same Plattenbau assets you're using.

[@jakob6832]

This reminds me so much of the layout of Bratislava with its old town on one side of the river and the transdanubian socialist-era housing area Bratislava-Petrzalka! Great episode with all the explaining, I learned many new things today!

[@genadijzhdanov2645]

I am not from the countries, where you take inspiration, but from the former USSR, however city building principles are clearly similar throughout the whole block. It is fascinating to see how Altengrad is developing almost the same way my city Vilnius developed! First large scale new district was built here in 1960s

[@_kiewicz6340]

It's a common history for cities located in Eastern bloc. I could count on my one hand knew by me polish cities without those districts

[@heavygruby4280]

Please look at the "Ursynów" district from Warsaw as inspiration for late 70s and 80s builds! It's a great mix of the modern and postmodern housing projects done quite well.

[@ArathornPL.]

Yeah, it's also so huge that it needed a metro line, and was also really important for propaganda.

[@_kiewicz6340]

@@ArathornPL. Yeah, a lot of tv shows of that period were about Ursynów and its citizens

[@ala9606]

I love this episode! I cannot imagine how much time and work you put into researching all the architectural styles and their evolotions. I'm super impressed. I don't know what you do professionally but you would probably make an awesome architecture professor.

[@maarchalk2840]

I love this series, it's been really great applying some of the lessons I've learned from it to my own cities

[@kevinouellette4443]

I wish more creators involved in-depth historical lectures in their videos - that's sincere, not sarcasm. Not only are you skilled in your builds and your use of mods, but your explanations and illustrations are enlightening and helpful! They need content like this on Kanopy. Five gold stars for you!

[@lolman533]

31:28 my grandma lives in one of those. if you have windows pointing towards the centre of the hexagons into the parks/playgrounds/fields, it's really nice. I also like how they look from the satellite view.

[@Akruas]

That's exactly my point, of course it looks good from above.

[@InazumaXKrizo]

​@@Akruas hey man, that's a great video! do you mind providing an asset collections on the workshop with all the buildings you uses?

[@DaniilMalevannyi]

This project is simply fascinating, thank you as always for blessing us with you knowledge

[@baronjutter]

The history of urban planning around the world seems to be humans constantly re-discovering the superiority of small walkable perimeter blocks.

[@michalkosciak6907]

Finally! Some intresting CS content about cities from East Europe, thank you! 🇵🇱

[@dalton-at-work]

skibbith is building bucarest as well

[@serebii666]

The inspirations are all mostly from Central Europe - East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland and Hungary. There is little from actual Eastern Europe (Romania, USSR, Balkan Europe)

[@orkako]

There was the Eastern Bloc ( east of the Iron Curtain), while Eastern Europe is Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. The film deals with central Europe. Please do not confuse Eastern Europe with the former Eastern Bloc, which was in effect during the Cold War.

[@blossom9939]

This series turned out to be very educational

[@OctopolisGaming]

More than cities skylines video, a documentary! As a Brazilian, I was thinking about the parallels to what was done here, mainly the modernist icon, Brasilia, and other experiments in modernism

[@babymonkey4601]

My favourite of the examples shown was the one of Gdańsk. The architect uses the abnormal forms to create visual interest. This was a very interesting dive on the evolution of these districts!

[@baki2200]

Oh yes, the Boat City mentioned :D Łódź = boat in polish, and it's not lo-dz but woo-dz, anyway another great episode, thank you for this series. Amazing.

[@modisgabor]

Jees, the part from 28:36, I've literally grown up there :) thank you for mentioning it! The video is great as usual! Looking forward to the next! 👍

[@Karlschubo]

I'm always amazed, when I see Pécs mentioned anywhere. Nice to show Uránváros and actually a place where a lot of my friends live and two of their houses can even be seen in the clip from here ^^

[@Pan_Schaboszczak]

Man, he puts so much good work in his videos, I wish I had as much motivation as Akuras does Edit: Oh, he mentioned Łódź in 17:30! How nice, I live there. You should also look at large districts of Retkinia and Widzew, which have intresting road layout of streets going around blocks and connecting to main avenues in one place, as well as smaller Dąbrowa or Chojny

[@snipe4k418]

szczerze Łodzi to ja się nie spodziewałem w tym filmie. 17:30 , 40:30

[@dadude405]

This Episode was really informative. The city looks so cool.

[@Honza135]

Uplně náhodou mi KZbin doporučil tvůj kanál a jsem za to rád. Bytová poválečná výstavba sídlišť mě zajímala, ale nikdy jsem se do její studie nepustil. Děkuji za odborné provedení několika typy sídlišť, konečně chápu, proč v 50. letech se stavěly tak monumentální, ale i na pohled moc pěkná sídliště. Jedno takové máme v Pardubicích také, na Dukle, a vždycky na mě zapůsobí. Sám bydlím v klasickém paneláku z 70. let. Jsem rád, že konečně chápu, proč se tak v tehdejší době stavělo. Bydlel jsem dříve i v bytovce postavené na konci 40. let. Hodně neobvyklé dlouhé chodby, které přenášely hluk chůze každého bydlícího až do obýváku. Tehceš, zlatej panel. Bydlí se tu o dost klidněji, navíc, jak jsi říkal i ve videu, nikde tu nevede žádnej silniční průtah, který by byl zdrojem hluku. Dávám ti odběr, tenhle content se mi hodně líbí, ačkoliv jsem Cities Skilines téměř nehrál. 😀 Máš hodně dobře našlápnutou angličtinu. Tak jsem zvědav, jak ukážeš bourání města a novou vystavbu, nové průtahy městem...hodně českých měst by mohlo povídat. Třeba Ústí nad Orlicí, kde ctyřpruhový průtah postavili v nejstarší výstavbě, díky čemuž se dochovaly asi jen tři sedlové domky. Nebo nádraží Těšnov v Praze, to je taky kapitola sama o sobě. Svým způsobem učíš na internetu dějiny městské vystavby ve střední Evropě. A to se moc moc líbí. 🙂

[@jemsyago7163]

This is a very dense episode. Lots of information was given and is honestly quite comprehensive. This is one of the best I've seen, it's really unique and also quite interesting at the same time.

[@geography_czek5699]

Povinné dýško pro mého oblíbeného popularizátora urbanismu a architektury :) Super video jako vždy ;)

[@Akruas]

Moc díky :)

[@Ascaron1337]

First video I've seen from you. Great stuff, mate! I'll check out some of your other videos.

[@ai97Nord]

Good Video Akruas, Very Informative as always. 23:46-24:30 that very long building

[@mewosh_]

I love how this turned into a video essay.

[@ESher-gh9mf]

Greetings from Magdeburg

[@GarncarzLizyp]

19:32 my nephew told me, that this particular building was built in that manner, because the original longer block was in threat of collapse. That's why they added an aditional tower on the corner, for structural support.

[@domhuj]

I actually can't believe I get to see someone using a part of town I lived in for a decade! Thank you so much for using Avas, never thought I'd see it being used anywhere.

[@MinedMaker]

This series has made me so much more knowledgeable about frefab buildings and architecture in general. I knew almost nothing about it before.

[@pawelr]

Wow a juicy episode! Thank you for including Polish examples. Keep up the good work!!

[@Hekktoratron]

Great video, awesome visualisation of the time periods. Glad I could learn something new about the “concrete jungle” that surrounds me. Hoped to see a bit more of Bratislava tho 👌

[@danoslav2380]

great video!! i really enjoy learning about urban planing history

[@mohamedmorad3242]

I live in egypt which while it wasn't part of the union it was a communist country. this just rings so true for me. And the worst part is we are still stuck in the 70s stage Except for the "rich" areas where they they gated communities and hoas in top of it for a truly worst of both worlds experience

[@ColdPalmerFanClub]

Idea: Have a major historical event happen in whatever country Altengrad is in, (like the WW2 Episode) but it could be anything like hosting the world cup, influx of Immigrants, or a space launch and build the city around it

[@marekjenik6618]

Take a look at Dargovských Hrdinov estate in Košice. Its layout is special because it respects terrain by creating interesting shapes. It’s fabulous ❤

[@oliverkundrat236]

A lot of these projects remind me of Nad Jazerom, which is a district built in the early to mid seventies. I feel like a lake where residents can relax would certainly suit this city.

[@saber1885]

Wake up babe new Altengrad episode

[@ziegenlord5395]

This is one of the most interesting documentaries I've seen in a while, great job!

[@Gruesome_gateau]

I absolutely love the way the panel houses look

[@Jesyx]

Came for Cities: Skylines, stayed for the History. Awesome video, as ever!

[@DrazikLeVideaste]

Thank you for all the time you put into this city. You really inspire me !

[@danonck]

I'm being entertained and I learn new things thanks to your videos, I really appreciate it Akruas! I never really knew how much variery there was between different cities and time periods in terms of building these blocks of flats that I'm not a fan of (to put it lightly).

[@BabaTova]

This series definitely became much deeper than I can comprehend, to a degree which I'm convinced you work at the field. But I'm still enjoying the pretty city building 😊

[@m4rtinbugar]

Nadherne spracované. Dakujem moc :)

[@christopherbaby3842]

This video is amazing and in only 5 minutes in. Love it love it.

[@Baganario]

Way better than TED Talk… hehehehe But seriously, that’s a real class in history of architecture, incredibly on point! And of course, another insane build! Virtual diorama! Amazing job once again, Doc! 🤘🏼

[@Nick_Opel]

Not only are you making the best city I've seen. But you are talking about history which I ADORE!! Love the video, Love the content

[@constantinosbou]

Your Cities Skylines series it's like attending a small architecture seminar or something! Thank you very much for this information, i didn't even know I want it. 👏👏👏

[@justinparent4252]

I just wanna say I absolutely loved this video. I’m going into 2nd year architecture and was fortunate enough to have a history of architecture class and so much of this material was in that course. So all I gotta say is big round of a applause to Akuras for having a well researched video! 👏

[@donalexander7731]

Great work as always! You are a great urban planner historian. Thank you!

[@haelww1]

Wow ! amazing video ! I learned more in 45 minutes than in a whole semester of architecture. Ending with a question/request : Would you consider making a video on metabolism ? I would love to see your explanations on this very specific paradigm and maybe see it in action in skylines.

[@KarstRauhe]

that hexagon project is exactly what they built in Amsterdam Bijlmer and it has been immensely redeveloped/demolished because it did -in fact- not create a good living environment and was only a geometric experiment

[@applejablko6198]

I cant see any difference between google maps and this. You are the master. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@KirbyComicsVids]

wow, the buildings at 11:50 look a lot like die Weisse Siedlung in Berlin, although with less verticality

[@genadijzhdanov2645]

Nice to see a pedestrian bridge! Are you going to build pedestrian underpasses under major streets to avoid pedestrian crossings on the busy streets? Also just the detailing - I am not sure if you should draw white lines for parking, they weren't there in the seventies

[@aeingal]

Nowy Dwór in Wrocław Poland, is fine example of realy good 70' urban planning. Buildings are fitted in a way that mostly nobody watch neighbours window in front of them, planty of green space and public buildings like schools are located in center of this district making open space in front of buildings, that let a lot of sunlight and fresh air.

[@phillipmcgough6282]

ok. and now i have to watch this again. thanks for distilling this huge subject

[@Ne1vaan]

I'm learning so much. Man I wish there were some massive housing projects going up to solve the ongoing housing crisis in my country... There are drawbacks but there were roofs.

[@antoniplebanski1119]

Hey, I just saw my residential district on your film - Teofilów in Łódź (you may pronouce it Theo-feel-oov in Woodge). I was always fascinated by the history of this district so here you have few interesting facts: 1. Teofilów used to be a small forest settlement of German origin, originally named Grabnitz (that is why one of the streets has polonised name Grabieniec), founded by German settlers from Wurtemburg region in the late XVIII c. (so called "osadnictwo fryderycjańskie" - the phrase for the german collonisation under Prussian king Frederick). 2. This was the first new district of blocks in Łódź build after the war (first buildings from late 50.) along with the another district called Dąbrowa (opposite side of the city). 3. The original plan was inspired by utopian concept of a linear (strip) city by spanish urbanist Arturo Soria y Mata. According to this, four main zones can be delineated in the layout of the district: - industrial - north of Aleksandrowska Street, - transport - Aleksandrowska Street - car and tram transport, - residential - south of Aleksandrowska street, - green and recreational - south of the residential zone 4. The name Teofilów was given by one of the architects just because he found this name more prettier than Grabieniec, even if the district lays 100% on the grounds of the former German Grabnitz settlement. 5. There are three smaller districts in there (Teofilów A, B and C) and one of it (Teo C) has some kind of a big marketplace with an area designed for trading and shopping. It is located between streets Lniana (north), Strzałkowskiego (east), Rojna (south) and Rydzowa (west). It is pretty unusal large "marketplace" regarding the other postwar districts in Łódź. 6. Very unknown fact! Under the number 26 on Rydzowa Street you may see the the only building that doesn't fit in with its surroundings, and stands at a strange angle - this is the last reminder of the former village of Grabnitz founded by German settlers. Thanks to this building, it is possible to see on the city plan how its main artery once ran, much of which is now covered by Rojna Street, although the building indicates where Rojna Street begins to diverge from the axis of the main village road. 7. Last but not least: from 19:19 you are focusing on the building where I live on the 9th flor along with my wife and two cats and at 19:23/24 you even mark my balcony with a cursor :) Hope you and your viewers will find this curiosities interesting. Huge thanks for your material!

[@michasiuta6473]

OMG, as a proud Lodz citizen, I'm loving this video! :). There's even my home for a sec. Great video as always!

[@Simon_SM]

I love this series it is amazing You will probably be able to find some inspiration in Belgrade and Novi Sad although Serbia isn't the country you are using for inspiration But they were all very similar in the communist era with architecture Some of these areas both in the old area and new areas I felt as if I visited

[@spamfilter32]

This, and a few other videos in this series should be used as part of the educational material in urban planning and architecture classes.

[@LeatherThomiPL]

It was very esucational. I was raised in one of the prefabricate disteict. And you nailed the evolution you even mention my home city of Łódź I hoped that you mention my neighborhood but maybe during renovation phase it will be shown since it has quite iconic changes especially to make it more colorful.

[@ErikasKrupeckas]

Dam, it's interesting how simillar and differant at the same time is the urban plannig in the u.s.s.r and the warsaw pact countries

[@konrad4180]

great video!, greetings from poland

[@indigo_carmine]

38:31 i have many memories of me or my friends getting hurt on those constrictions in playgrounds. not so child safe with all metal construction...

[@Akruas]

and the concrete below

[@Yaratoma]

Love this series! ❤

[@PremDaiii]

always love these series!

[@BrakeTheGame]

I really love this series, it changed the way i look to buildings in my own city. Here in Italy in the economic boom of the 70s we built a lot of popular house, not in the socialist style but we arenot too far away from that style.

[@hoholu4650]

I had to watch older videos to asure myself that this series has normally intro xD

[@srenr.slaikjer8450]

Amazing explanation. So many details. Thank you very much for your great videos. 👍

[@Nullppointer]

I know it's completely outside the eastern european region (and you already made a fair bit of modernism in Asturis), but I'd love to see your overview of Brasilia, the planned city built in 1960 to become the new capital of Brazil. It certainly follows many of these principles but adds a different type of 'monumental' - instead of free standing towers of modernism or the fancy buildings of socialist realism, the focal points are modernist structures with a lot of reinforced concrete to build unique shapes full of both flowing curves and sharp points, in a clear contrast to the rest of the architecture. If you ever need inspiration to build, say, an administrative center in Asturis, give it a look!

[@balintseban5184]

Really good video!😃

[@matke3492]

You should take a look at Belgrade, Serbia, I know you are building city based in censtral Europe, but there are great examples of socialist architecture and urbanism in New Belgrade, which is based on Le Corbusiers principals of functional city. Also we had big expansions of city in late 80s that implemented all known principles used before with upgraded materials and construction tehniques like Cerak vinogradi or Bežanijska kosa.

[@danielmucha9246]

39:49 I live here and it's not bad, i like a good public transport and the fact that it is very close to an big park.

[@MrBialy3000]

My neighborhood!!! ❤ Greetings from Gdańsk - Zaspa

[@aug5925]

I love your vidoes, such high quality, keep it up!

[@dalton-at-work]

the colors of your graph are very intersting, TRUST/GReddy colors !

[@Welgeldiguniekalias]

11:18 Chelyabinsk: "Hold my kvass."

[@Pawel_Mrozek]

31:35 It may be surprising, but this hexagonal example of a district from Gdańsk turned out to be extremely successful in terms of urban planning. The district has never been socially degraded and flats, despite the obvious lower standard, are still more expensive than the average price of flats in Gdańsk. And by the way, it is worth noting that the prices of apartments in Gdańsk are currently the highest in Poland. This is partly due to the excellent location near the sea and beaches and good amenities, but not only that, many people still believe that the spaces created between these blocks are quite successful and the entire estate, despite its modernist architecture, is pleasant to live in. Paradoxically, new construction after the fall of communism, which is often architecturally pimped out for show, has worse urban planning and lacks many service infrastructure like shops, schools, healthcare that were obligatory in the communist era but instead lots of parkings, fencings and chaotic spaces. Generally, it can be said that it is actually a combination of all the disadvantages of communist and capitalist approach ;) By the way, your whole summary of Eastern Bloc construction is outstanding. I wonder if you're not some lecturer at the technical university because this material is actually a ready-made lecture on the history of post-war urban planning.

[@Akruas]

That sounds more like the proximity to sea and location in the city is the key point, rather than the layout pattern. Yes, the entire topic of post-communist construction would require its own video, that's why I ended it in early 90s here and didn't compare it to today's "standards".

[@Pawel_Mrozek]

@@Akruas Yes and no. Next tu this hexagons there are also the longest blocks of flats in the world, which were also mentioned in this film, and both districts of Zaspa and Przymorze benefit from the same proximity to the sea, but the residents quite clearly indicate that this hexagonal Zaspa is a much more pleasant place.

[@BarcelPL]

I have a question - do you record all your talking in one sitting? Or do you do batches and link them together? Because it look (well, sounds) like you talk for hours straight without straining and becoming bored/boring. Or your audio editing skills are top tier. Either way, great work, as always.

[@Akruas]

No, many takes and then edited.

[@BarcelPL]

@@Akruas Kudos, it looks and sounds like a one-take

[@skiliftsandcableways.slova7247]

interesting crossover between 70´s and 80´s is district Sásová, which was build throughout both, it have towers and blocks respecting and don´t respecting the streets. (there is even older part) but like 1/3 was completed during 70´s

[@pavuk357]

I'm from Kyiv and, sure, it is not quite Central Europe but it is still interesting to compare history of such developments. Here the transition towards post-modern didn't really happen, or at least not fully. Prefabs are not as common but there are still completely new prefab construction, tho monolithic frame with brick walls are much more common nowdays. However, microdistricts are still a thing in new construction and what I know from the local construction industry, it is defacto illegal to build more traditionally because of construction regulations, at least in this city. I for several years lived in one of "modern" prefab areas and it is literally built accordingly to plan from late 80s by the company communist government gave land right before they started collapsing. It isn't that bad and they honestly tried to improve, especially thermal insulation, but it wasn't much better than renovated old one, except construction quality is better.

[@domesticcat1725]

Surprised there was no mention of Petržalka, it's like the peak of the late 70s-80s mass construction style, and the original design (created by an international group of architects) had to be scrapped after the 1968 invasion

[@Gavroche_]

I love this series!

[@nikochow1412]

shit...... I just had another lecture of urban design history on youtube after today's class

[@ander4163]

Off topic quo: what will you do when CS2 drops (in the channel aspect)? Will you play it, continue the actual series until mods and assets in CS2 are adequate...or what?

[@Akruas]

I won't know until I play it.

[@Person_Lizard]

Insanely good video!

[@gijskramer1702]

Inserts massive space elevator where the castle once stood

[@ukaszpiech8452]

IMHO this tis the best episode ever (except WWII bombing animation ;) ), with so much iformation I would need to watch it like 10 times until I got what is told here :D Great work! Keep it up and I am dying to wait for the next episoddes (and the end of socialism era :P)

[@najemnikcia4687]

Lookig back to the post war rebuilding episodes it would be ,,fitting" if in some of the future building projects you would add found unexploded bombs near the bombed areas as in some building sites in (for example) Polish cities nowadays.

[@MrStinkyPipe]

19:15 hey, that's my home :D

[@ggi4600]

we need an underground metro project for the 1980s!!!

[@whotfiskuba]

bro was literally showing my old residential district where i used to live (poznań)

[@doublea06]

A new series! Again.

[@likematters5568]

Nice build!