Green Housing with Central Sunken Tram Stop - Cities: Skylines - Asturis 20

[@cameron224_]

This new residential neighbourhood is missing outdoor amenities like tennis/basketball courts, or a football pitch. Additionally, low lying brush is much more abundant in tropical areas and it would be cool to see some common tropical plants like certain cactuses or succulents in some of the exposed green areas. Love the series as always :)

[@mimikal7548]

All these people need some outside facilities. Playgrounds for children, football pitches, sports grounds, schools, etc.

[@GildedCreator]

Agreed, the area would look way better

[@flost8202]

i am from Lahr and i emediatly recognized the round buildings lol. they were build in the 60s by the canadians as baracks since there was a huge canadian military base here. A large part of the houses in that part of town were built by the canadians.

[@unconventionalideas5683]

Where is Lahr (as in what country)?

[@flost8202]

@@unconventionalideas5683 its on germany

[@macintoshie]

I would love to see a more dense older area somewhere in the city turned into a night life district, sort of a sketchy place, to show the city's imperfections as well as economic development. Also a historical district would be nice for contrast with the new buildings. I also think this series needs some story (kinda like what two dollars twenty is doing in "Sunset city"). I don't exactly think it needs characters, but an explanation as to why the Space elevator was built and how the city took it's shape would be really great. Otherwise, a great series. Thank you!

[@jasonlescalleet5611]

To me, this feels like a very new city. Like, a new, very well funded colony on one of the most habitable worlds in the human sphere. The old district might have a “nasapunk” look, like Starfield. Very practical and machine-y. It’s where the people lived who built all of these structures, including the space elevator. I figure there’s something valuable on this world that is being mined or grown or whatever and shipped up the beanstalk. Those places might be far away from Asturis (though an industrial district is not a bad idea) and they were the first things built. Then the beanstalk, and then the second-oldest part of the city. Once the goods were flowing, the bigwigs decided that this world is nice enough to visit in person or even live on, thus the recreational/tourist facilities and nice homes with impressive views. There probably *is* a lot of inequality. These buildings in this episode seem like places that the office workers might live in-nice, but not ostentatious and with a serious, no-nonsense vibe. There’s probably a more bohemian area closer to downtown (it may be the old town where the pioneers lived) where artsier folk can be found. Some of those are likely troublemakers, potentially disrupting the corporate/colonial activities. For some reason, I’m imagining there are mecha in use on this world-by workers, criminals, and police as well as the military. I am getting serious Infinity/Masamune Shirow vibes. I wonder if there’s a mod that lets you replace the police cruisers with mechs. I love all this. There’s something about a Cities Skylines build that inspires world building like that. I want to GM an RPG set here. My own cities just look like boring, generic cities. Then again, I am just playing Cities Skylines, not turning it into Blender. Seriously, these custom buildings are incredible!

[@jemsyago7163]

@@jasonlescalleet5611 ok but mecha in Asturis is an idea that I feel like fits really well, but I'm not too sure if Akruas would like to make blatant technological stuff like that. I do remember the KZbinr Atys making a sorta cool military with maybe even mechs in their Eos series, but I don't remember well haha.

[@pipodeclown4272]

Always tuning in to see this city develope. One of the little joys of the week.

[@Kisamaism]

I like the manicured jungle aesthetic. It makes sense: clear the underbrush while keeping the island vibe with hardy trees that don't really rely on rainforest symbiosis. It's less wildlife friendly, but this is a CITY. The underbrush can be up the hills or whatever. But definitely not with the manicured housing.

[@joachimgeraerts7864]

I would love to see a hillside mansion district with infinity pools and beautiful sights over the city for the ultra rich, something like beverly hills

[@ceccascorp8149]

Asturias is like an utopia, this would show extreme inequality

[@joachimgeraerts7864]

@@ceccascorp8149 A city that big will only exist because of it’s enormous capitalism economy and cash flow (hence the gigantic neon signs). Therefore some people will always have more money than others and both of these people need housing. It doesn’t have to be a city based on inequality, it could be something like Singapore or Monaco.

[@disskuss4268]

@@ceccascorp8149 In a stream of akruas he said its neither an utopia nor a dystopia. Asturis feels like an utopia to me too though

[@punishedpinecone4772]

>inserting peepeepoopoolitics into a gaming video

[@gus7587]

@@ceccascorp8149 Wealth is only an inequality if the rich get power over the poor and much of it is caused by that. Inequality should be less about the poor and rich live in similar living conditions and more the poor should have equal rights and power as the rich so they are as important as the wealthy. Wealth isn't always a divider it's the wealthy that's the problem, inequality isn't the mansions it's the people living in the mansions. (Ik some smart as is going to say uhm not it's this or that but this is my opinion and Idc if theres anything wrong with this. Oh and screw autocorrect I never liked you in the first place)

[@arpanConYT]

man, IDK why you haven't got a mil or so subs already... following from 10-15k subs and fell in love with the creativity and detailed works... kudos

[@Suvzillaa]

Amazing, really love your ‘modern ruins’ section in the last episode, think you could thematically incorporate it into this section in a subtle way to add to that awesome concept. Great channel, great content! Thank you

[@moreno_cookie5782]

I think it would be cool if there was like a futuristic amusement park and would make sense in this asturis and also loving how the city is looking 💖💕

[@chingching48]

I love everything… my only critique is the use of the vanilla swimming pool props layered on one another to mimic a fountain. There are some actual fountain props in the workshop I would use instead. Of course everything else is so impressive and beyond anything I could do.

[@BlazingImp77151]

I know the series has been focused significantly on the downtown and this new residential area, but I think it could be cool to see some industries and stuff. A power plant (can be solar arrays, or like a reactor building?), some recycling stuff, some factories. yeah its a different vibe from downtown, but I'm sure that with a bit of blending in between and maintaining similar styles you could pull it off really well. other ideas could be some different architecturally themed parts of the city, possibly a harbour (though a harbour other than the one in the cove or the space elevator would probably be for industries on the shore), A much lower density part of the city (for rich and famous people), some recreational districts (like an amusement park), a college or something (since being such a big important city with a space elevator, people would want to come and learn and get opportunities). There is so much you could do, and I cant wait to see what gets done :)

[@BlazingImp77151]

this part looks alot like some fancy resort. with individual hotel buildings scattered about, a nice fancy plaza, water views, lots of big trees. the red roads definitely help that image in my mind too.

[@diaxus388]

I'm fully expecting Thunderbird 3 or 1 to burst from that sunken plaza pit you've made, a lot of Asturis gives me Gerry Anderson vibes, great job

[@fjallrav21]

Asturis now looks more Skopje in the 60’s than a futuristic city

[@qzg7857]

My thoughts. He went full Yugoslavia. But i kinda like it

[@melissaharris3389]

I've been binging the series and am loving it ❤. I have this lore that Asturis is actually on a different planet. The space elevator is actually one of several positioned around the planets equator and connected (via the lazer positioning becons) to an orbital ring where massive cargo spaceships and cruise liners dock. This brutalist complex and the bridge were designed and constructed before the reset of the city as a place for the construction workers of the space elevator to live. It doesn’t have as much shade as expected because it was designed by an off world architect not familiar with the intense sun (LOL).The issue is partially solved by having most of the complex sunken, but future construction incorporates more practical shade structures. The high-speed rail continues in one direction to the planets capital city further in land.

[@Fabrizio_Ruffo]

I just thought of a WAY better arrangement for that station: Seeing that it is a termination point; instead of the train stopping and turning around at the platform, you should have had the rails run through into a tiny underground 4 lane rail yard. This rail yard would double as both a supply point for the commercial buildings in the station, a spawn point for trains, office space for the railway company above, and all around made the pit more interesting than just a pair of rails. The DC AMTRAC station in the United States works similarly this way. I think Providence as well.. Probably alot of dead end stations now that I think about it It also would have been a safer way for trains to change lanes: The trains would not momentarily drive backwards to change lanes. They would drive forward into the depo and change lanes inside the depo safely out of the way of any other incoming trains.

[@spartan117zm]

Building a big ziggurat housing style complex into the side of one of the hills would be awesome! Also, would you mind adding little buffers to the end of the tram line (and the usual tram station details)? Another excellent video, really loving the direction of this series.

[@rejest05]

About the pentagonal buildings - instead of making their balconies white, you should have gone with light wooden color. Would add a tiny bit of warmth to contrast the greyish brutalism all around.

[@drunkwulf3664]

Alrighty, my Thursday Akruas fix! So many back-seat urbanists this week... Love the work you do! Great inspiration and execution in my humble opinion. Much more detailed and creative than any of my CS projects - but watching you work is inspiring. Must be hard to turn all this work into videos for us too.

[@mienislav]

As always wonderful video! One suggestion: could you detail tram terminus station more, i.e. add cables, barrier at the end of tracks and catenary masts? It could make this place even more realistic.

[@kerboy5397]

I love your series and its a great insperation for my scifi city! One suggestion is for the city centre, near the central plaza you could maybe add a chinatown of sorts, where people go to eat or socialise, with crowded pedestrian streets maybe it wont be as clean as the rest of the city because of the tourism

[@HesteBremse]

It is always "amazing" and enjoyable - apart from the brain sometimes complaining about information overload but ends up inspired. Thanks for all the vids - Is there a techincal service hub for all the trains somewhere, or is it thought to be under the city center (ish). - honestly I would not mind seeing your go bannas with a super techincal/industrial structure of some kind, fusion plant, hit-tech rail hub, water plant or a custom industry. ✌

[@Santiago-pu8sm]

I'm sorry akruas, but I would like to see constructions that respect the relief (hill). In addition, there is a lack of more careful decoration of the spaces. It is a problem that also happened in aurelia. I'm a fan

[@VictorMistral]

I'm my head, these blocks (probably housing) are made hempcrete and other "greener" concrete replacement... Nice looking district!

[@gabrielmadureira3807]

I feel like these semi-circular buildings would be hotels because they have very scenic views and they look like hotels to me. They are decently far away from the city and the people could use the trams to go to the city center.

[@antf7156]

If you are looking for modern brutalist buildings, there are 'kukurydze' in Katowice, Poland not sure if there is an asset for it

[@ДенисУраков-у1ш]

Очень круто ,прошлый город был очень технологичен ,а этот зелёный и очень красивый при этом не менее сложный ! Класс!

[@samsully8266]

The brutalist development could include something like Camden's 1960s/70s social housing projects, the ziggurat style of the alexandra road estate, the whittington estate (where I happen to live) or the dunboyne road estate could really suit Asturis.

[@jacobgeyer615]

love the episode but you forgot the tram station details :)

[@kyrylkanalosh8691]

Is it still too early for a first-person tram/train/car journey around the city or its part? I'd love to see that brutalist part of the city from the first-person perspective. It must look even more impressive that way. Amazing work!

[@purplebeamcz]

A perfect video like every time. Nice work.

[@MartelSays]

Build a futuristic tiny home community as a stand-in for a trailer park

[@space__idklmao]

You could use this technique to make a two-or three-level roundabout in the city center / old town!

[@DerekTan]

Great video as always!

[@ripvirgil_goat]

Imagine a F1 Street Circuit in the city🤯

[@jorundcoalforge6277]

The garden looked like a Prothean Ruin from Mass Effect!

[@FlashFoxBox]

I dont know, but this brutalist architecture has some major "Unreal II: The Awakening" vibes. Some of the first levels... Convert 13:40 to a reactor... yeah...

[@ceccascorp8149]

You should do a government palace, like a senete building

[@vlogoftea]

I think you forgot to place the usual tram stop signage at the stop in the circle. Looking really good, tho!

[@regulate.artificer_g23.mdctlsk]

Akruas, do you have acacia trees in this city? I think acacias would work well for places like plazas.

[@danielw.2442]

You're a PO wizard. 👍

[@ranzaad]

Hey man, if you need any more ideas for this kind of eco/futuristic architecture, check Vincent Callebaut. He has some very nice designs that should play sweetly with your city.

[@hiyoristernfunkel]

nice part of this city

[@TRichardsBlades]

Gods walking to all of those buildings would be absolute hell

[@macawboy6522]

cities skyline player level: -noob -pros -goat -akruas

[@FlashFoxBox]

Question: If 26:21 is a deadend, could you convert it to a single line at the end? For a light rail, there is no point in it beeing a double rail, because they have to wait anyway, till the station is free.. or am i wrong? It would be more efficient, or not? So, a double light rail convert into a single line raild at the end. Every train has to wait anyway until the train depart from the station. Sorry, bad englisch >.

[@Akruas]

There are two lines, one line stops on the right, other one on the left.

[@JacobOhlssonBudinger]

am i the only one who feels like this series is just an excuse for akraus to build weird tram stops and bridges?

[@gailvin22]

When using the block services (cube), does it matter what direction the arrows on the top face?

[@Akruas]

yes, it's the entrance

[@krisztianmujzer4161]

Love your videos, but can you please add an assets collection for Altengrad?

[@Akruas]

I don't do asset collections. Altengrad 1930 save is in the Workshop though so you can download it, load it, get the loading screen mod report and run that through the load order mod tool.

[@krisztianmujzer4161]

@@Akruas ok, thanks

[@ulisseviezzoli7939]

arevyou going to use the in-game pedestrian districts?

[@nocturl]

hi, where do you find the giant ads you got on some building. can i get them ?

[@Akruas]

Mostly these packs and some others if you search similar keywords steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2795926024 steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2172735905

[@snsey_fufu6727]

lovely

[@Triliton]

Very nice :)

[@leaverpool8059]

Did you forget to add lighting on this amphitheater shopping area or it is on purpose? 😅

[@kristofferkirkeb1232]

Dystopian favelas

[@tomconneely1361]

What is the font for the Asturis title at the start of the vid? Tx.

[@Akruas]

Probably Nasalization

[@tomconneely1361]

Thank you. I'll check that out.

[@alanrothschild8996]

Can you undo in Prosedural object?

[@999zappion]

This city is likely more able to be a Mediterranean city It have pretty good European modern « architecture » like the brutalism and is not an American city like your old city with the highways everywhere how far in the future is it?

[@DerekTan]

I also have a similar sunken area in my city. But without the direct connection to public road, all block services were filled with dead bodies, theft and trash 😂 Why the one you built won't have these issues?

[@Akruas]

Building spawn points, move the spawn point to a road, doesn't even need to be close.

[@DerekTan]

@@Akruas what!!!!! 🤯

[@Akruas]

@@DerekTan steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2511258910

[@patrick86806]

👌🤩👍

[@Nick-yi4tr]

WOW!

[@katachrese888]

Over9000