Why Barcelona Looks Weird

[@hoogyoutube]

Some housekeeping: Heyo everyone, have to be honest that I was a bit sloppy with this video, but each new video will be an improvement, hopefully. A couple of things though. One, I need to figure out how to share the source documents with people effectively, but I'm launching a new website for that. For now, if you want to be notified when the source document is up, please check out this website and sign up for the email so I can notify you: www.romuluseurope.eu/ Secondly, thank you to professor Neuman for helping me with this video. You can read some of his work online, although you do need an academic license I'm pretty sure: scholar.google.com.au/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=waCUbhgAAAAJ&citation_for_view=waCUbhgAAAAJ:UebtZRa9Y70C Thirdly, if you're a European looking to start a channel, please feel free to DM me over twitter so that we can get in contact: twitter.com/romulushoog

[@ibranmlr6139]

Indeed

[@originalname6231]

The twitter doesn't work!

[@hoogyoutube]

@@originalname6231 twitter.com/romulushoog

[@TheoGaming756]

Yo who is the youtuber you keep mentioning I'm kinda curious now

[@hoogyoutube]

@@TheoGaming756 which youtuber?

[@adaptable272]

crazy how a guy in the 1800s designed a city better equipped for the 2000s, than planners in the 1900s did

[@emberthecatgirl8796]

Because planners in the 1900s built a city for themselves, not their children

[@Ayrustration]

and now worst, most of newly built the cities just for cars :(

[@nahbruhfr]

Some even aren't designed by planners at all 🤣

[@stuffedsomething1699]

Heck there are a bunch of cities designed worse than it just over the last couple of decades.

[@kiliang96]

Even more crazy, local authorities didn't want his design and it had to be forced by Madrid authorities

[@undercoverduck]

This channel's oldest video is less than a year old but the videos are of a quality that I'd expect from a channel that has been going strong for years

[@makelgrax]

Yeah it's uncanny and I love it!

[@alfredoyelisa]

this channel remindsme kurzgesagt

[@oiinahgiiusadurrybrahchuck7209]

12 months in contemporary society is equal to 3 years of time a decade ago so this checks out

[@gerking195]

Ye so many documentary channels like this have been popping up that are really high quality

[@makelgrax]

@@oiinahgiiusadurrybrahchuck7209 Wait what? That feels like an absurdly fast pace, did everything really change _that_ fast _that_ much? Welp, googling it didn't give me any source, nor related articles ;-;

[@LordTenebrum]

As a Barcelonian, thank you! Usually KZbinrs talk about Barcelona's tourism or Gaudi's art, not about urban planning. Thanks for talking about Cerdà and Eixample.

[@pololoestirado]

I am happy Sabadell is mentioned lmao, but Barcelona deserved a video like this definitely. Best city evah

[@saptaccrvima3563]

Lionel Messi and Fc Barcelona made me fall in love with Barcelona and Catalunya

[@satanic6043]

Barcelonian Mandalonian

[@aruekai]

@@saptaccrvima3563 Bruh

[@saptaccrvima3563]

@@aruekai ?

[@Kraut_the_Parrot]

This will become increasingly more important in the near future.

[@ibranmlr6139]

Indeed

[@ibranmlr6139]

#Kraut ok but what if is is’t that in Important

[@Baul3680]

All hail the king

[@ibranmlr6139]

@@Baul3680 boo he is no king I says

[@alexrogers777]

I agree but, this will become increasingly more important in the context of what? Urban planning like this seems very important for addressing climate change and improving city life but I'm curious if you're referring to something else

[@Playerestblog]

As a person who lived in Barcelona many years it is sad to see how the original plan was so green and beautiful. The lack of parks and the constant view of building was one of the things that I didn’t like it when I was there

[@unanec]

Yeah, there are plenty of Parks but they are rather small and the ones that are big enough to make you feel in a park are away from the central areas of l'Eixample. I lived in the old city of Barcelona and twe had the Parc de la Ciutadella and the Parc de la Estació del Nord quite near. They are very nice parks. Depending on where you live you can also go to Collserola (the largest urban park of the World), Parc Güell, the "turons" of Barcelona, Montjuïc or the Besòs. As you can ser they are away from l'Eixample, Sants, les Corts and low areas of the high towns

[@Playerestblog]

@@unanec yes it is true, many times I needed to take 20 min or more to reach those parks via metro or bus xD

[@samstruyven2299]

True, over the past 6 months I lived in Raval, Montjuic-Sants and Poblenou and the one place I couldn’t really enjoy was Raval, way too crowded and loud. Montjuic-Sants was a bit crowded as well, but within 5 minutes on foot I was climbing the hills and in 15 mins I could reach a mirador to watch the sun set. Poblenou was my preferred location because of lower rise buildings and less dense, also in 10 mins I was on Bogatell beach. D Still, a fascinating city!

[@57thorns]

Park and green tree areas are essential for any city. But in every city as the city grows, parks are encroached on. Just one more row of houses ("preferably" without any green spaces, just concrete and asphalt) won't ruin the park that is dark and dangerous at night. What it all comes down to is money of course, not the fact that natural spaces are dark at night.

[@user-jq6wf1xk5g]

It was still bloody awful and . It reminds me of the appalling undemocratic soviet urbanisation and Brussels french-speaking elite expensive mindless urbanisation project that plundered beautiful, local, ethnic medieval dutch-speaking Brussels because elites always need more space, power and the ALWAYS know better than the rest including covering a river which has massive environmental problems. Most centralised urbanisation projects have several problems including, being undemocratic, centralising decisions on "experts", not providing proof of decisions.

[@der.Schtefan]

It's not "weird". It is genius. Ildefons Cerda is my personal hero. It is so sad that they did not follow his original building plans. He calculated how many trees are needed, planned for subways, turns for horse-drawn street cars (that is actually where the octogonal shape comes from), calculated air flows, etc. in the late 1800s.

[@unanec]

I'm glad they didn't take him seriously when he wsnted to erase from history 20% of the buildings of the city center

[@ArchLars]

Weird is just clickbait, made you click on it and write a comment didnt it?

[@gamertag1014]

He says "looks" not ''is'' Which it does even though it is sustainable

[@gerardoliveras430]

So glad I see in the comments someone who knows that its a myth he predicted cars. Btw, Eixample was also filled with rail tracks for trams, and trams cant make 90 degree turns.

[@Ulexcool]

Imagine having a hero called "Cerda".

[@szymonmiosz8551]

At 3:21 You say that some KZbinrs are hating on cars too much, yet later you say that green spaces were taken away to make garages. Cars are cool but they just take up too much space and are very inefficient in moving people around when compared to well made public transport. It's that simple. Edit: Mr Hoog said it sarcastically. I should have known...

[@hoogyoutube]

Hey Syzmon, I think there’s a bit of a miscommunication (from my end). Something I’m way too uncomfortable with is people taking me (or anyone) too seriously. I try to craft my scripts so that it’s patently clearly to everyone that I, and the things I say, should be taken with a grain of salt.

[@szymonmiosz8551]

@@hoogyoutube oh ok haha, I totally didn't get the sarcasm. That opinion taken seriously seemed totally out of place for me, tho. I should have got that. Your videos are great, maybe articulate more when speaking sarcastically haha

[@peterschwitz4299]

@Corbin Auriti Whats a great urban planning channel in your opinion?

[@Var_]

@@hoogyoutube I can relate to your motivation not to take a strong stance and put in some sarcasm as a bit of self protection. As a viewer though, it makes your message weaker or potentially confusing. In this video I got a sort of nihilist sense of "planning is complicated, there are too many forces at play, it has been easily corrupted, this awesome thing didn't turn out that great I guess". It's kind of pleasant to hear an opinion communicated clearly, although there is surely some risk involved. But i think it's worth it. Take a look at some Kurzgesagt videos to see how they do it, might be good inspiration. That said, I think your presentation, tone, and sarcasm is amazing - maybe just play around with when and where you use it a bit more :)

[@hoogyoutube]

@@Var_ Hey Connor, I'm going to ramble with you a bit to explain my thought process because I've genuinely been grappling with this. You're completely right that it's self-protection. Right now I'll work on a script for a week or two on something I'm very interested in, and half way my sub conscious will immediately be like "well, who do you even think you are?" And I think that this gets falsely conflated with insecurity when it's much more just a recognition that you really can't know everything on a topic. So my thought process has been that if I dot occasional self depreciation in the video, it won't be as much of a problem if my lack of expertise is obvious because at least I'm not selling myself as this objective arbiter of truth. But then there are some other issues that arise, which is that it can easily be a cop out. Essentially I can be lazy on scripts and on the strength of the argument because I can always fall back on not being a serious person. Then there's the added problem of having a loyal audience, which will find the deprecating stuff kind of annoying after a time. I'm not entirely sure how I'm going to tackle it, but I do think it is quite weird how many pseudo experts there are online that take themselves incredibly seriously. The pseudo expertise stuff isn't really that much of a problem (ideas are important in themselves), but I think if you are a pseudo expert (like myself) it should still be made apparent to the audience. I haven't really fully figured this out, so I'm interested in any input

[@lemdixon01]

The "cubes" look strange from the sky but when I lived in Barcelona it seemed normal. All the buildings had parking lots I nderground.

[@JesseDishner]

Agreed. I didn't know about the cubes while I was there but the city certainly had a cool feel to it and there were some great spaces there.

[@unanec]

Yeah, there are barely any 90 degrees angles

[@eljanrimsa5843]

@@unanec That's not true. They just cut the big diagonals through it to confuse everybody with the directions, but the base plan is rectangular.

[@مريمداودي-ي4ص]

why was it modified though? cerda vision seems already perfect

[@مريمداودي-ي4ص]

Especially the equality part It seemed he efforted so much to see an equal beautiful city but why was it modified

[@GOTTHEDAWGINME]

I simply cannot wrap around how much brainpower it required and requires to plan such a sophisticated city system. I can't even plan my time schedule right

[@erebusdarkness0]

Most of the time the schedule isn't the problem. It was you who's doing it.

[@sinopia7074]

Greenify is actually a word in Dutch, it is called 'vergroening' literally a translation of greenify. You see a lot of cities trying to bring back green, and as a landscape architect student i work a lot with this as well. But it is really nice to hear about a plan from 200 years ago that saw that this was important too! Super interesting video :)

[@linksrepublikaner]

And German: "Vergrünen"

[@skotomogilnik6305]

ozeleneniye in russian

[@unleashyy]

Language is a dynamic medium, and while 'greenify' might not be an ossified dictionary word as of now, with it being tossed around as much as it does, there's little doubt it will become one soon enough. Just like 'yeet' and 'cringe', that made little to no sense 20 years ago, but now have been included in Merriam Webster dictionary.

[@RedSntDK]

Danish: "Forgrønning" 🕊 Germanic languages in general kan just smash some words together and get away with it 😄

[@risannd]

"penghijauan" in Indonesian

[@Duck-wc9de]

My mother used to say (relative to lisbon) that during centuries, we built art, since the 18th century (great lisbon earthquake) we built good, and in the 80's we "aborted" it all, and now we are trying to solve that. and the fact that this applies for most cities in the world, with the exeption of the netherlands, amazes me.

[@Michael-jn1rq]

I'd recommend the episode "Bijlmer" by 99% Invisible to you. There have definitely been mistakes made in the Netherlands a well.

[@Duck-wc9de]

@@Michael-jn1rq I wouldnt call that a mistake. All the cities in my country have that kind of gethos. and even that place is prety much OK when compared to other cities. But anyway. I was talking about the 80's abortions. during that time, when my country was making similar buildings with 12 floors and the exact same square shape, that now are falling apart

[@Michael-jn1rq]

@@Duck-wc9de I'm not talking about the fact that it's a ghetto (which it isn't really). It was a planned neighborhood which later had to be destroyed and repurposed. It was separated in many ways from Amsterdam. It separated residential and commercial zoning completely. Large roads were on heightened platforms instead of on the ground. It was an awfully designed modern concoction.

[@GregVidua]

@@Michael-jn1rq Dutch people are always funny to me when they describe failures in urbanism of their state, not realising that other states often have made those mistakes 100x over, without any redeeming qualities on top of that. You guys have it good. Keep your government accountable and don't whine so much online 😅

[@fluffypuffyboy586]

not realy we just try to find more ways to make profit from people.

[@mapsinanutshell]

Another masterpiece by Hoog! As someone born in Barcelona, I'm so glad you made a video covering this topic! 👍

[@le_beks]

Visca Catalunya! Salutacions des del Vallès :D

[@JesseDishner]

Its a beautiful city, I stayed for a while in the apartment above Flash Flash at the top of Las Ramblas.

[@davidordonez8857]

@@le_beks Visca Espanya i Visca Catalunya desde Manresa !

[@disbauxa]

@@davidordonez8857 Puta Espanya sempre, no t'equivoquis

[@hugohughes3530]

I can't express how much I love this: the tone, the pacing, the art style, the self-awareness. Incredible work.

[@intiorozco5063]

I've been a couple times, and every time I find it fascinating, that grid plan with octogons, with that diagonal avenue cutting through it like it's nothing... The whole city feels so well designed. Now I know the name behind it.

[@ciaoitalo]

I appreciate the humility, I don't think there's anything wrong with you finding something interesting and sharing what you know about it based on what you learned. The fact that you'll say that is awesome man because it just makes you more credible!

[@asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791]

Good video but Cerda didn't make the streets and intersections expecting cars, he made them with street cars on rails, trams, in mind. The intersections provide ample room for trams to turn and the streets are wide not because cars, but to accommodate trees providing shade to make walking from the tram stop to your destination more pleasant in the hot summers.

[@pizzaipinya2442]

Well, he also thought about "cars" but what he thought was that people would have their oen rail locomotives in some years xd

[@gerardoliveras430]

Exactly, this cars prediction thing is a myth.

[@apk2522]

Also funny the video creators uses said myth to criticize other KZbinrs who critique the devastation of over-car-geared cities. Then he proceeds to extoll superblocks which are car-free. Sounds like hatin' for its own sake...

[@uydagcusdgfughfgsfggsifg753]

I wish in North America still built new cities so we can actually put theory to the test. We aren’t innovating, and I think anyone agrees the current state we’re stuck in is not where we should stay

[@ianhomerpura8937]

I think it still can be done. There are some empty spaces around railway stations. They can be engineered to make everything more accessible and walkable.

[@IkeOkerekeNews]

North America is still building.

[@bobthebober2734]

I think movement towards the future is stunted by the hand of efficiency. We need to be regulated not by cash and productivity but by human needs and our future.

[@lucasharvey8990]

Oil ruined any chance of having beautiful cities. Chicago and so many other big cities were renowned for their beauty until cars came alone and stripped away everything that looked good for the sake of efficiency. There is zero chance of this ever changing within the foreseeable future. Take your wins where you can get them, 'cus the elite prioritizes their wallets over your happiness and there's nothing you can do about it

[@ianhomerpura8937]

@@lucasharvey8990 supplies are about to run out within the century. Those elites will find a way to transition to what makes them profitable.

[@jurjenbos228]

One thing I saw in Barcelona that struck me is that the traffic lights between the octagons are synchronized to improve traffic flow.

[@AlbertBalbastreMorte]

Well, yes. Are traffic lights not supposed to be syncronised elsewhere?

[@spuditgang]

@@AlbertBalbastreMorte Hahah...aha..hhahaha...no... **cries in Brazilian

[@InfamousGameplaysPT]

that's what traffic lights are for?

[@Oeno]

I dont mind the sarcasm so much, except when it’s based on wrong facts… Cerda did not plan/anticipate cars, quite the opposite. The chamfered (diagonal corners) of the blocks were designed because he thought trams would be the transport of the future and tracks need more space to make a turn.

[@hoogyoutube]

He predicted a highly mobile form of transport. More a tram than a train

[@GoyFromFinland]

@@hoogyoutube Yes he predicted trams. Not cars, like the comment already stated

[@funny-video-YouTube-channel]

Barcelona is trying to move the parking under the surface, where the parking is occupying the court yards.

[@turtle_arw]

I truly love the graphics this guy has. They're amazing, his voice is calming, I just love it

[@okgoodgame]

i love turtle

[@halbarroyzanty2931]

I like how he took a jab at youtubers who critizise car centric urban design and then a couple minutes later into the video was like oh yeah btw those green walkable spaces he wanted to put between buildings were filled with parking instead

[@AboutHere]

Such a great video!! And I laughed my ass off your very subtle dig at "youtubers who project their ideas of urban design onto the world"

[@tropicalpnch4549]

Barcelona was also one of the best cities for skateboarding when it first took off there in the late 90's / early 2000's

[@InternetGirl1093]

Thanks for this video, I’m from the U.S. and when I visited Barcelona I was so surprised by “the cubes” as you call them. It’s a really striking take on city planning.

[@stefanvladescu7353]

Hey, while i love the idea and the core of the video, with the great explanation on how much data went into the original plan of Barcelona, i feel that the 2nd part of the video was in contrast filled with a lot of sarcasm that took place of the content rather than adding to it. Besides the youtuber and citezen jokes, that are a bit misplaced, the one that stood out was an attempt at redemption saying that the plan makes geenifying the city easier under the current circumstances. It seems to me that the blocks don't make the "superblock" design easier to implement, but that the implementation is there because of the problems posed by the blocks. The same thing could be done is Paris, and justify that the winding streets make the "superquarter" future green design easier.

[@drew4716]

Hoog took a typical and effective chronological approach to the video. The underlying history and facts were laid out and Hoog compared this history to what today's reality is and what could be the future (with a sarcastic spin). The sarcasm was minimal compared to the actual content and theories of the second-half of the video.

[@Kaz-wu2bp]

I personally thought the sarcasm was a nice self-referential touch.

[@intiorozco5063]

Currently, Paris seems to be running an experiment to find the worst ways to greenify a city. Or a contest for ways to make stuff out of pallets.

[@Rabbit_Hill]

I’ve got to agree. Video went from professional and concise to annoying sarcasm and an unprofessional derogatory tone instantly

[@jjbarajas5341]

@@Rabbit_Hill just like this comment section

[@semicognitive]

Every video keeps getting better, 10/10

[@Bakedgoodza]

Fantastic video, incredible channel.

[@fntatn]

How tf do you know the video is fantastic the second it drops????

[@Bakedgoodza]

@@sickboi2615 not Muslim

[@sickboi2615]

@@Bakedgoodza Im sorry .even if you are

[@noahr2461]

Most underrated youtube channel out there.

[@boredphysicist]

the problem with building it so it allowed easy car travel... was that everyone started driving hence the car parks and removal of pedestrian corridors

[@sanketss84]

your presentation, narration, story-telling, flow is top notch along with the animations and graphics that backs all that. subbed.

[@paulie4450]

Not just the buildings, the entire coastline, the vegetation, the suburbs. I've never seen a city map that gorgeous and meticulously planned. You'll hardly find a rigid boring square planned space.

[@nachopascual96]

As someone who's from Barcelona I always appreciate content on this amazing city. As always, a great video!

[@samsfk4877]

Really love your videos man keep it up, your style is also very unique (to me atleast)

[@bobcharlotte8724]

Love your deadpan delivery.

[@oskarikosola7676]

I had no idea about this city design when I visited Barcelona. I was really fascinated about the chamfered edges on intersections, they really make such a difference on so many things.

[@larryd9577]

I just came in contact with this channel and I really like the visuals and the geometrical design. Very pleasing, you won another sub.

[@n0xter95]

Awesome content, as always. Glad I am watching this. Now I want to visit Barcelona

[@MysticMellow]

Man HANDS DOWN, that was some of the best lines delivered in a video I've heard. What a twist!

[@casperdewith]

I love your style! And the fantastic moments of reflection (3:21, 4:20, 5:30, 6:36, 7:44). Keep it up!

[@marsco2442]

Yeah but the tone of delivery was awful and condescending 😐

[@casperdewith]

@@marsco2442 It didn’t bother me. I like seeing something different than what all other KZbinrs do.

[@cuma212]

You may not like it, but this is what city planning perfection looks like

[@dancingdyonysis]

This was a great video!! I live in bcn and can confirm they have loads of projects coming up to decrease the amount of space for cars and increase areas for people/bikes on many streets and have already started closing off major roadways on weekends, so exciting to see actual action being taken. Hopefully it continues this way!

[@udishomer5852]

Great to hear that!

[@iamthinking2252_]

The strong forceful tone combined with sarcasm and jokes is a combination I was not expecting

[@KekusMagnus]

3:20 designing a city for cars IS objectively a bad thing in every situation. You can't blame Cerda for not predicting this, but you can blame yourself for pretending like the other side of the argument holds any water and is worth listening to. It's not just "youtubers" saying this, literally everyone who studies Urban planning in the last 30 years agrees with it too, the only people arguing in favor of car-centric city planning are boomers afraid of change and automaker lobbies

[@gaswe9236]

I really dont get why the guy is so salty about it. And I don't get the obvious stab at creators like not just bikes etc. Whats the problem with striving for walkable and livable cities??

[@rustythewolf1009]

Hoog replied to a comment that said something similar to yours. Turns out he doesn't actually think a city designed for cars is good. He was attempting to be sarcastic at that point in the video, but failed to make it obvious.

[@F1fanatic21]

Hoog with another killer video 😤 I like the dry humor that comes out of nowhere. Really keeps my ape brain engaged throughout the whole video.

[@RizTheUrbanExplorer]

Love this content especially the 3D massing drawings and all maps that you did… hopefully in the future you showcase more content about urbanism…

[@Poopoopoopoopoopoopoopoo]

This is the best KZbin video I’ve seen in years

[@dynamiczero]

Hell yeah! Here in Catalonia we study about Cerdà and his planning of Barcelona in class and it's one of the things I remember the most. I love to see it covered here! I also wanted to add that the grid pattern makes the Eixample (the expanded area of the city) really difficult to navigate since every street looks the same. Kinda forces you to learn the names of every street to know where you are

[@xangarabana]

En serio estudiaste a Cerda? Qué bien, la verdad. Aquí en Madrid es todo bastante monótono en temas educativos. Bueno, y no solo en temas educativos.

[@Tpmc9fq]

U should add numbers to street names like the Americans do!! It makes navigation super easy. When I visited Manhattan and Miami Beach I knew exactly where I am because of the numbers

[@pizzaipinya2442]

Well, I don't know were you're from, but having lived my whole live in the Eixample, I actually navigate more easily through the grid than on less planned, more caothic spaces like Ciutat Vella or L'Hospitalet xd

[@jackjac]

I liked the self-criticism and awareness of YT, besides the interesting dip into urban planning!

[@undercoverduck]

One huge downside of such a grid-based design that I was expecting to be mentioned is that it doesn't allow for people to wander/get lost (a little) in the city. How to get where you need to go is very straightforward, which is great if you're in a hurry, but it eliminates the need and potential for exploration. I believe it's an ongoing debate between city planners, but I'm wholeheartedly on the side of more spontaneous city design. I've lived in both types of cities and the ability to get this sense of exploration feels very freeing. It makes a city like Amsterdam feel much larger and honestly more interesting than a city like New York which in actuality dwarves Amsterdam.

[@Freshanatha]

I think it’s about combining the best of both worlds. Suburbs are an example of spontaneous development going way to far and actually disincentivizing walking. I prefer grid over suburban design but Amsterdam is definitely better then either of those.

[@feldbiss6417]

while Amsterdam and cities like it may be more interesting to explore and discover, the main priority should be to accommodate for living there. As a Dutchman, I can say that the cost of living in Amsterdam is absolutely outrageous, and I would much prefer if we had more affordable (communal) housing like that of Barcelona, Vienna, Berlin or Copenhagen.

[@GregVidua]

@@feldbiss6417 Amsterdam has higher communal housing share than Barcelona, Berlin and Copenhagen. It is behind Vienna, but every European city is. 40% of Amsterdam's housing stock is rent controlled, while 29% of all houses in Netherlands are social. Barcelona has only 6300 social flats. In Copenhagen, 19% of housing is social. Vienna shines with 44% of all housing being rent controlled, with most of that being social (and of high quality).

[@davigurgel2040]

im in favor of a mixed system, where you have for example, 1km x 1km blocks that are surrounded by roads, but inside these blocks you get a very natural design with bikeways and public transport going through the middle

[@undercoverduck]

@@Freshanatha Yeah winding-cul-de-sac-for-all suburbs and gridlines are definitely on opposite sides of a spectrum, both extremes of which should be avoided

[@Beatzotto]

Geniusly hilarious self critique at the end. Bravo. What a stunning video

[@paulschwind]

This was a really nice video, thank you for making it! I just felt that some of the jokes were a bit too much and seemed to be artificially put in to be more funny, but personally I like the style of your other videos with less but more natural jokes better. Still a great job!

[@dennyrulos4847]

I personally really enjoyed the jokes in this one

[@AlexanderJacobJames]

I agree. They might be funny, but they still feel out of place and overly self-referential. Not necessarily a bad thing for some, but to me, and I'm guessing most people, they appear jarring.

[@marcalvarez4890]

Barcelona is on of the worlds great cities. Nobody comes back saying they didn't like it. Thanks for helping me understand partly why its such a great place.

[@ashleyhamman]

I'm just making this conjecture without digging into the papers provided, but I'm wondering if perhaps the ignoring of height restrictions in particular might be in part due to the gridded equality. Something I've noticed when looking at various cities is that the hubs of mobility, be it the intersection of several streets towards a single core, or a railway station cutting across, tend to have higher density development, even on the relatively small scale such as suburban neighborhoods like the UK's "high streets". In a street plan where things are designed implicitly or explicitly to be equal, such as in Barcelona and even in American grids, a uniform street plan tends to have relatively uniform density, except in cases where economics of one particular spot start the process of aglomeration.

[@alexandertetrapayne8815]

i mean you also have to take in account the fact that capitalism does attempt to make greater value usage of land to the cost of everyone else, building up allows a building to generate more rent, and being around transit centers is much more desirable so capitalism tends to attempt to squeeze as much money out of that as it can, plus logistics. not sure if this makes sense, im rather out of it.

[@Jacob-yg7lz]

The reason why hubs of mobility generally encourage density is because dense development requires mobility in order to function well. Most cities have regulations to only have density in places with high mobility, aka transit access, highway access, or walkability.

[@alexandertetrapayne8815]

@@Jacob-yg7lz yes but theres also an element to capitalism encouraging things as well, read lewis mumford.

[@Jacob-yg7lz]

​@@alexandertetrapayne8815 I mean, capitalism encourages density because density is really efficient. Building to the detriment of ventilation and sunlight isn't ideal, but density along transit can prevent rents from ballooning in fast growing cities like LA.

[@pizzaipinya2442]

Guys, I see you arguing about density and it is so much easier: Barcelona's squeezed between mountains, the sea, and 2 rivers, so there's no space to grow and therefore it grew higher. Obviously capitalism played its part a bit, also immigration to the city, making its population grow really fast. But capitalism wasn't that destructive force. For example, you can notice if you zoom in that the grid breaks approximately at Independencia street. That's because locals who lived there when it still was a rural area didn't want the grid, they opposed to it, and obviously noone put pressure on them when they said no. Still now, that neighbourhood has small streets with small single family houses :)

[@megustacocinar6411]

hearing cars are being somewhat banned in places brings joy to my heart.

[@daimahou3951]

3:10 Didn't he make them octagon-shape because of trams, not cars?

[@josie9325]

these vids are weirdly relaxing whilst also informative. The smooth animation style is just satisfying af AND assists the explanations. Love it

[@enelabe]

So I randomly stumbled upon your USA/Europe video and I thought you raised some very interesting topics to discussion, and now you brought this beautiful little documentary on the neighbourhood of the city in which I live, unapologetically explaining all the details in which Cerdà's plan was ignored (I believe most of us are able to imagine what or who was behind those decisions...) You've gained yourself a follower! Please keep making such interesting videos! Salutacions des de Barcelona!

[@bobbyphillips8732]

Been waiting so long for a video like this.

[@gnossiennegymnopedie8554]

Just subscribed, and next day I get this video. Reminds me of Lemmino, but definitely original and unique. Love it!

[@johyesjazzcafe9480]

Man, love the animation, the narration and the random comments. Definitely subscribing for long.

[@titan_o7]

Would love to see a vid on Japanese city design. Like how Tokyo functions as well as it does despite being a mega city and building zoning differences and such. Great job man! I find this really interesting.

[@موسى_7]

How do people live in Tokyo? In films, we see people sleeping in capsules, and in 1960s documentaries, people live with only one little room. But I doubt that is anything more substantial than sensationalism. The cameras go to the exotic, not the average. But Tokyo isn't much of an average city.

[@barbatosjaegar6838]

zoning, transportation system, public parks, friendliness to bikes roads etch.

[@isaiahc8390]

Repent and follow Jesus my friend! Repenting doesn't mean confessing your sins to others, but to stop doing them altogether. Belief in Messiah alone is not enough to get you into heaven - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36). Contemplate how the Roman empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13. Revelation 17 confirms that it is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years to accomplish the religion of the Israelites C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate though because you can start a relationship with God and have proof. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life. - Revelation 3:20 Revelation 6 1st Seal: White horse = Roman Empire conquering nations under Trajan 98-117 AD & Gospel spreading rapidly. 2nd Seal: Red horse, bloody civil wars with 32 different Emperors, most killed by the sword. 185-284 AD 3rd Seal: Black horse, economic despair from high taxes to pay for wars, farmers stopped growing. 200-250 AD 4th Seal: Pale horse, 1/4th of Romans died from famine, pestilence; at one point 5,000 dying per day. 250-300 AD 5th Seal: Diocletian persecuted Smyrna church era saints for ten years, blood crying out for vengeance. 303-312 AD 6th Seal: Political upheaval in the declining Roman Empire while the leaders battled each other. 313-395 AD Revelation 7 Sealing of 144,000, the saints, before trumpet war judgments, which led to the fall of the Roman Empire. Revelation 8 1st Trumpet: Alaric and the Goths attacked from the north, the path of hail, and set it on fire. 400-410 AD 2nd Trumpet: Genseric and the Vandals attacked the seas and coastlands, the blood of sailors in water. 425-470 AD 3rd Trumpet: Attila and the Huns scourged the Danube, Rhine & Po rivers area, dead bodies made water bitter. 451 AD 4th Trumpet: Odoacer and the Heruli caused the last Western Emperor (sun), Senate (moon) to lose power. 476 AD With the Western Roman Emperor (restrainer of 2 Thes. 2) removed; the son of perdition Popes took power. Revelation 9 Two woe judgments against the central 1/3rd and eastern 1/3rd of the Roman Empire. 612-1453 AD 5th Trumpet: Locust & scorpions point to Arabia, the rise of the Muslim army. Islam hides Gospel from Arabs. 612-762 AD 6th Trumpet: Turks released to attack Constantinople with large cannons (fire, smoke, brimstone). 1062-1453 AD Revelation 10 The little book is the printed Bible, which was needed after the Dark Ages when Scriptures were banned by Popes. Revelation 11 7th Trumpet: Martin Luther measured Roman Church; found that it’s an apostate church, not part of true temple. The two witnesses are the Scriptures and saints who proclaim the pure Gospel and testify against the antichrist Popes. Papal Church pronounced Christendom dead in 1514 AD. Silence for 3.5 years. Then Luther posted his 95 Thesis, which sparked the Protestant Reformation and brought the witnesses back to life. Millions of Catholics were saved. Revelation 12 Satan used the Roman Empire to try to wipe out the early Church, Satan was cast down as the Empire collapsed. Revelation 13 The antichrist beast Popes reigned in power 1,260 years, 538-1798, is the little horn of Daniel 7, son of perdition. The false prophet Jesuit Superior General rose to power from land (earth) of Vatican and has created many deceptions. Revelation 14 Points to great harvest during the Protestant Reformation & wrath on Catholic countries who obey antichrist Pope. Revelation 15 Overcoming saints victorious over the beast. Prelude to 7 vials and judgment on those who support Papal Rome. Revelation 16 1st Vial: The foul sore of atheism was poured out on Catholic France, leaving them with no hope, led to revolution. 2nd Vial: The French Revolution started in 1793, killed 250,000, as France had obeyed the Pope and killed saints. 3rd Vial: The French Revolution spread to rural areas of France, where Protestants had been killed in river areas. 4th Vial: The bloody Napoleonic wars shed the blood of countries who had revered and obeyed the antichrist Pope. 5th Vial: Judgment on the seat of the beast. Papal States invaded in 1798, Pope imprisoned, removed from power. 6th Vial: The Turks vast domain dried up, they were only left with Turkey. They lost control of Palestine in 1917 AD, Israel became a nation again in 1948

[@MDaKo]

Subbed! 10.4% for the great video quality in both visuals and writing and 89.6% for the wit.

[@astraydhurion7697]

I must admit that video on Barcelona is pretty well built and illustrated with beautiful 3D images. What a pity that you didn't dedicate a section to talk about all the others amazing architects who helped creating the particular atmosphere. Barcelona was really at that time a modern laboratory. People were experimenting and innovating.

[@Let.the.love.lead.4]

especially Gaudi

[@Let.the.love.lead.4]

Especially Gaudi

[@nicknorris3982]

Incredible content man keep it up 👍🏻

[@SnowyPF]

Hey man you're clearly talented when it comes to the graphics and the structure of your videos. One thing I'd like to say about your joke delivery is that there is no outside cues to let us know what is a joke and what isn't, so it makes them seem overly sarcastic and even hostile (as people have mentioned). I would suggest changing something about your delivery such as the tone, pace, music, etc. to convey the joking manner a bit better. And I've read your responses and it seems like you don't want to be taken seriously. I'm not sure why you would want this considering you are making really informative videos, so it seems like you should want your audience to know that you are serious. Especially if you are highlighting the work of a famous urban designer, for example. Otherwise really nice work, looking forward to the next one!

[@hoogyoutube]

Hey Snowy, I really do need to fix things in the next video. Why I don’t want to come off seriously is because I think a lot of people, including myself, come off too serious, which increases the gravity of what we say, inflates our feelings of self worth, and it generally misinforms people. We are all monkeys, this video will inevitably forget things because I can’t know everything,and I really don’t want to come off like I’m telling people what to think, so I try to openly critique my ability of telling things so that people don’t forget that. I’ve said it before in passing, but I’d much rather come off as a sibling you respect but also understand as flawed, than as an authoritative parent

[@SnowyPF]

@@hoogyoutube I understand that, but I think there is a better way of doing that perhaps than with the self depricating jokes. I think with your style, I'm more interested as a viewer when you're exhibiting confidence in what you're saying, I don't really want the impression at any turn what you're saying might not be true. And we all make mistakes, so I think its important to not let those get in the way of your potential, Just some thoughts.

[@chinor3999]

Cut him some slack bro, he just got a new mic 🎤

[@SnowyPF]

@@chinor3999 Are u joking lol

[@ndescruzur4378]

@@hoogyoutube Hey just making this comment to say that I really like your humor. And I'm not confused when you're making a joke. I know you shouldn't be basing the humor of your videos on a random guy's view in a random comment but just wanted to explain that not everyone is bothered by the jokes here!

[@jupacka]

The self-awareness was very refreshing, nice video dude keep it up!

[@ojomaze7777]

6:36 you madlad, you absolute brave man, to make such a statement and say such things in a tone so dry. I applaud you.

[@yuotueb]

Didn't like it. Makes me feel I've been duped into watching this and being fascinated by his content, when he sarcastically makes so much fun of it himself.

[@ojomaze7777]

@@yuotueb that's a very understandable reaction, and I respect your opinion.

[@rottenapple9588]

Never seen you before but this video is truly amazing

[@originalname6231]

Love the more joking in this vid! A bit out of place here and there, but def a good addition to keep things light. Loved the sound design too, and animation as always.

[@radiooncall2536]

Impossibly underrated channel

[@lsthero5863]

I’m catalan, and I love how many KZbin channels talk this way about our capital.

[@Yungbeck]

I lived there for two+ years, I love the city and how easy and inviting it is to explore. Thanks for this history lesson!

[@agarcia8312]

Great video, Cerda was a visionary and the story of how his project was taken from him and bastardize is also very intresting. About what you said about the super-blocks of Barcelona, it's actually quite unpopular in Barcelona itself as they have been putted without much consideration of neighbors and have caused economic reprecussion in the area. The idea of continuing to built this is very unpopular, mainly because people don't want the municipality to change people orient themself in car, which super-blocks do, forcing them to use just a lane to go to the next street (like an L). I would want more green in my city, but super-blocks aren't doing this, and they aren't really being used. It's maybe a good idea done poorly. Also, you said that the inner spaces were used mostly for parking, that isn't completly true as most of them are actually used for shop, supermarkets, or walled areas.

[@CruzJoaoP]

Like any other topic, the superilles are both very popular and very unpopular, depending on who you ask. I find that usually one's opinion is based on which mode of transportation they most rely on. People who are against Colau's policies tend to depend on their own cars more often than not, I'd wager.

[@perillaspe]

As a Barcelona citizen I totally disagree with yout comment. The first superblock in Poble Nou was received with a lot of criticism by some neighbors but right now it has proved an absolute success and once people have gotten used to it almost everyone loves it. As for the other planned superblocks myself and all the people that surround me are totally in favor….. maybe because we use public transport and do not want to impose our polluting and inefficient cars to others.

[@pizzaipinya2442]

YEAAAAAHH finally someone thst thinks, like I do, that superblocks are a good idea with good intention done so bad. Next to Sagrada Familia there are those ugly pieces of concrete since like 5 years ago, and they were "temporary". They experimented with Poblenou, but who will get the permanent superblock except of the ugly temporary one? The richer Left Eixample... Also, people living in streets not converted to superblocks will enjoy a lot more traffic... Nice! It would have been better to get rid of, for example, one lane at every street, and then all streets would remain equal, but no, let's create more division... And last but not least, NO CARS WILL LEAVE THE STREETS!!!! People who drive in the city are commuters who don't like Rodalies (no one does actually), so they chose or even have no other option than driving. If there's no better public transport outside the city, no cars will leave the streets inside it >:(

[@thinkthing1984]

The level of dryness in this video is juicy, I love it

[@SirOneshot1]

This channel has much potential! The animations are awesome. I would focus on improving the writing though. I feel it is holding you back at the moment. If.you're able to professionalize that, I think your channel will skyrocket!

[@fuzzyshadows5083]

Love your humour and humility

[@briantlougan810]

Thank you for this. I live in a smaller, European regional capital. The 19th century pattern of development here was medium-rise apartment buildings lining the edges of square blocks. Inside the blocks is a huge, semi-common, semi-open space. Sometimes with some low rise buildings inside or parking areas, sometimes, grass or private gardens. This space between the buildings is a quite significant part of urban design and life here. It is much bigger than a courtyard. However, I have not found a word in urban planning for this phenomenon. Nor a discussion of it. It looks like the Barcelona blocks sometimes fit this pattern as well. Any idea what that inner block space is properly called? Or where to find a discussion of it?

[@pizzaipinya2442]

Here in Barcelona, in Catalan, we call them "interiors d'illa", which literally translates to "the interior of a block", so... I guess there's no official name other than that xd

[@edtravelbug]

I tell everyone Italy is my favorite country but if I ever lived in Europe it would be Barcelona. Just something about that city that I like. A lot of my friends prefer Lisbon or Madrid but Barcelona for me. Good video - thanks for posting.

[@filipemota1999]

Hey! I see a lot of simmilarities between Barcelona and Brasília. At first, they can seem very different, but after a closer look you can see where Lucio Costa got some of his ideas from. I live at a superblock in Brasilia and it’s something quite unique

[@rufusgillespie9940]

love your vids man nice to be here before you blow up

[@zofimp]

I lived in Barcelona for most of my life, and I've been always fascinated by it. Barcelona could be the city of the future, but for that I think we have to take in serious consideration removing cars from our streets.

[@ashkane417]

Another banger. I liked the subtle change in mood in this video as I felt you let your own personality shine through here.

[@fikarme]

i loved how u r honest

[@larrynguyen85]

Hoog's level of sarcasm is something to which I aspire.

[@JoRdi-ul4xg]

What?

[@grassblizzard]

The quality of your videos are mind-boggling. Can I ask how you learned to make videos like this? I'd love to know

[@hoogyoutube]

Hey, I wish I could give you a step-by-step instruction, but I'm self-taught, and I learned by producing videos on this channel. My advice would be to really think about exactly what you want to make rather than just trying to learn video editing generally. It's a bit like getting good at cooking. You could learn cooking by doing one basis course, but you could also try out enough specific recipes and after doing enough and just learning through practice, eventually you have these spill over effects whereby you generally come out as a half decent chef at the end of it.

[@grassblizzard]

​@@hoogyoutube That's great advice actually. I learned basic video editing by watching random yt tutorials instead of a long editing courses and whatnot​

[@doxl4208]

GIVE👏 THIS 👏 GUY 👏 MORE 👏 SUBS 👏 Your videos are amazing man!

[@_Ve_98]

There's actually a city in Catalonia that's trying to implement those walkable green corridors and already has one with a length of 3.5 km with projects for 2 more corridors. Terrassa is a city filled with gorges that are unfit for building, so Vallparadís is basically a 10 meter deep walkable rift covered with trees and bridges that crosses the entire city almost uninterrupted. It's incredible, you forget you are in a city at all. Also, it has a massive public pool and a metro line, I can't wait to see what they do with the other 2.

[@joeljs9778]

"Especially by youtubers who like to project their views on urban design to the rest of the world." Well that shade is... something.

[@hoogyoutube]

Hahaha man no. It wasn’t meant to be serious. It’s a gripe against myself because, like, who the hell am I you know? I put videos on youtube that are supposed to be convincing, but I barely know anything, and I really don’t want people to take me too seriously

[@Zephyrs009]

@@hoogyoutube if it means anything I think you're alot more grounded and less self righteous sounding than other channels

[@EternityIl]

I stumbled across your channel because i typed in a Minecraft song called Moog City. Saw this vid and clicked and im not disappointed, you have my favorite type of editing kinda similar to Lemmino and others. Subbed.

[@framegrace1]

Just a comment: You can see how Barcelona would look like if Cerdà plans would have prevailed. The 1992's olympic village was built as a sample of the different kinds of blocks Cerdà imagined. You can see it clearly on google maps. Also, the Poble Nou district. They demolished most of the factories there, and the new blocks also follow Cerdà original plans.

[@CronyxRavage]

The friendly elbowing at Not Just Bikes was good natured and funny ;)

[@detriticore]

3:24 - FIGHT. FIGHT. FIGHT. FIGHT. FIGHT

[@jucom756]

It is so uncanny what a range of emotions this guy can convey without changing their voice...

[@hoogyoutube]

Agreed

[@CBGBBB]

A well designed city makes cars a luxury and not a necessity!

[@ericxue3244]

This video is so interesting. I went on vacation to barcelona for a few days and there was definitely something I just really liked about the city. I guess this explains it.

[@iuliuscaesar9078]

Barcelona is perfectly designed, organized and has a lot of green spaces, as any other spanish city, while NY is a concrete jungle, in Barcelona or Madrid or Valencia or Sevilla you can spot tons of trees.

[@hannahorse16]

love the video! (bit late i saw some folks complaining about the sarcasm and maybe it's a kiwi sense of humour thing but i found it funny, it's nice to have amusement between the information flow.)

[@DmanYTofficial]

This guy was 300 years ahead of his time. What a legend. His city would have been awesome.