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  1. Wow, Potsdam shows how it should be done! Even though they still have a long way to go, it already looks impressive and makes me want to visit it soon. Great video btw!
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  2. Originality is good but not when its used separately from beauty. Beauty is not just a specific style of architecture. There are only some ground rules to beauty such as symmetry or the golden ratio. With those you can invent infinte types of original architecture that is also beautiful. But modern architecture only focuses on the originality aspect and not on using the ground rules of beauty together with originality.
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  3. A transformation in architectural education is essential. Architects aren't being taught to design beautifully, not only that, they are being brainwashed into criticising those who aspire to build new traditional architecture.
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  4. This is spot on. I grew up thinking I'd become an architect. I went to the University of Minnesota for Architecture and lost my love for it because it was a brainwashing factory for modernism and sustainability. I ended up in marketing.
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  5. I can't believe it isn't common sense anymore to build buildings that won't degrade in a century. It's ridiculous, because in many European cities, the same people who build with this mindset are surrounded by buildings one and a half, two, sometimes even THREE centuries old. Thanks for the video <3
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  6. Great video! The segment about Neustädter Markt is so important, as it is easy to think that Dresden is now "complete" after it renovated Neumarkt. There are still many visible scars in the city, and I hope more will be healed in the coming years.
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  7. 4:00 The London School of Economics revealed in a recent study that on average low taxes do not attract millionaires, how to attract them is making an attractive place to live. As you said clean streets etc. It is why the UK in the 1960s which was centre of art and culture in the world had a huge influx of millionaires even though the top rate of tax was 97%. Now the actual tax rate received was lower, however well over double and some estimate show it at triple what is reciebed today. That is why the Uk was a world leader in research and development, the streets were clean and money could be put back into the arts attracting more people.
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  8. Architects need to see this!!!! Historical buildings have been popular for decades yet modern buildings get bland fast.
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  9. I am a composer from Argentina, and I so much relate to this video and to the ideas it expresses. The same thing happens with new concert music. Concert goers and the public in general want to listen to compositions created in a language they can relate to, with the tools – musical tools – of proven efficacy. And there is also an elite of musicologists and journalists that attack anything that does not fit their narrow “modernistic” view of how new concert music should be written. Everything you explain in this video can be easily extrapolated to classical music. Thank you for uploading.
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  10. "As soon as you cannot label us Nazis, then you have to debate and that is not a tonne of fun because you lose" really needed to be said.
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  11. Proud to have recognized Paris, Stockholm, Barcelona, Utrecht, Amsterdam, New York City! ❤ Well done man, this is an awesome first upload! A small point of feedback: It's 14 minutes of continued (pretty fast) talking. A few slower sections or pauzes might help digest the material better. Looking forward to future uploads!
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  12. You have explained this topic very beautifully. Truely, I hope in the future people all around the world will embrace their traditional architecture.
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  13. i really hope the visions of these students will finally put some reason in the developer's mentality and actually build them
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  14. This is truly amazing to see in this day and age, and in Guatemala of all places. The architects, designers and laborers did an amazing job, and I hope everyone involved are able to spread their influence and success to other cities and countries, so that everyone can have cities that pay respect to their own cultures, heritages, minds and souls.
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  15. I live in France, very near to Le Plessis Robinson and never though that they were such a beautiful place around where i live. Thanks to your videos i begin to focus myself on the beauty of places and appreciate the architecture from where i am. It is a precious thing. Thank you for your work
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  16. This was awesome. I hope more cities do this.
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  17. Here in America, I would love to see a renaissance of Richardsonian Romanesque, Art Deco and Neo Classical architecture!
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  18. Always have been an admirer of your videos. It is the architecture that makes and strengthens communities by giving you a sense of belonging. Your point on billionaires spending on yachts is well made.
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  19. I’m so glad that people are doing something about boring new architecture! It’ll revitalise cities for sure and make everyone feel proud of where we live 😊
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  20. Great video as usual! I like the end note. It's important that more people demand a more "down to earth" construction (figurativly and literally), instead of absurd mega projects. I'd love to see a video about traditional materials and cradle2cradle materials in general. "We should see buildings as material storage" is also a great concept that deserves a video
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  21. Dude! So happy that this is the only YouTube channel that speaks about the real art of architecture and city planning! Great work, great job, as usual!
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  22. Hope to see more places like this in the future!
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  23. I’ve supported these people for long now and I’m very happy to see this!
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  24. Greetings from Brazil! I'm an architecture student and look forward to implementing this ideas on my projects.
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  25. This genuinely brought a tear (of joy!) to my eyes. In our European cities, there is so much legacy of the past: Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque up to the early 20th century - but after that all that old mastery was teared down and replaced with ugly places that don't have our past in them, our identity in them. I hope this spreads to all the corners of the world!
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  26. Great video Aesthetic City! You should write a book about these things. (:
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  27. This is a paradigm shift not only regarding an aesthetic aspect of arquitecture. This is a tipping point for "the war on beauty". Thank you for spreading such wonderful news and my sincere appreciation to the common sense of nordic commoners prevealing over snobbery. Sinecerely, from the bottom of south America.
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  28. I am inheriting a property over 100 years old in southern Brazil, built by Italian immigrants. A mansion with a stone basement in a colonial style. I hope to be able to find an architect who will help me renovate the space and perhaps do something similar to what was done in Guatemala.
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  29. I live in a stone house in central Italy. The walls are 80 cm in width, with 3cm of anti-seismic reinforcement and, 3cm of thermal insulation outside. During last summer, with 35°C outside, it was 23°C inside without air conditioning and one window opened day and night. During this autumn, with 10°C outside, I have 21°C degrees without turn on the gas boiler, and one window opened day and night.
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  30. People are starting to understand everywhere that beauty and order is better than chaos.
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  31. I hope a renaissance is occurring! It'd be nice to see new things going up and not feel either indifferent or grossed out, especially when it's amidst beautiful classical stuff. It'd be nice to look forward to something for a change.
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  32. We need fresh air. We need to overcome intellectualism that lurks in urban planning nowadays. Guys, I ought to join your movement !
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  33. I like how the student was talking about it, the challenges old architects faced and their solutions for it informed their design, that's how it should be. I don't particularly care if it's replicating a classical historical design, just make it look good while tackling the local challenges and give it that local aesthetic touch.
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  34. I love how whenever he brings up "beautiful" architecture he shows french architecture from the 19th century.. it truly is the peak of architectural design.
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  35. Great video! A tangible example that give us hope that, with will and planning, many more successful cases might bloom.
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  36. Excellent video! Something that could also be considered is that modern architects focus on "originality" because they are simply incapable of producing anything beautiful and grand. To me it seems much easier to create something unique than to create something beautiful.
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  37. This is like a delicious meal for soul. Especially in Modernity and Bauhaus obsessed Czech Republic. We will be late to join this positive revolution, as we always are, with everything. PS Im too old to study now but boy if there was a school like Notre dame in Czech republic...Damn this hurts
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  38. “Architecture for the poor” by Hassan Fathi is a masterpiece on traditional building customs and methods, and also a thrilling story with a sad conclusion. Highly recommended.
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  39. Is the crime rate lower in Cayala than in Guatemala City as a whole? By how much? It's inspiring to see urban areas that are both beautiful and cultivate peaceful interactions. The ability to quantify that 'peace dividend' is yet another selling point for this approach to development.
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  40. I used to live in this suburb (because it is a suburb, not a town as the title might sugest), and it really is one of the most pleasant places I have lived or been around in. Congrats on making a great video about it!
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  41. Finally some good news i hope this Revolution could spread in Hellas one day
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  42. Often times, originality is just rebelliousness disguised as a virtue.
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  43. I'm from Oman. I've always hated modern architecture/urban planning and I think it had already destroyed enough of my country's heritage unfortunately. I know I'm in a very tough battle that is on a different level of difficulty in comparison to cities like Stockholm and Oslo (who had still preserved a lot of their old buildings) nevertheless, the best action instead of just quietly being frustrated is to uprise. I want to create this movement in Oma. If anyone from Oman sees this video and agrees with it, please reply to this comment.
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  44. Finally !!!! Here we have a movement that people actually want and need !!!!! This is a truly relevant topic right now and here we see real problems about how our cities are growing... I was waiting for some common sense, there are so many absurd "causes" right now, too many hashtags... but this... THIS is something extremely important right now, I wish more people could understand why !!!!!!
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  45. Thank you for the work your channel is doing and congratulations on the recent success of your last few videos.
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  46. The University of Notre Dame School of Architecture offers a full degree program in traditional architecture. The school was completely overhauled a number of years ago and is among the best in the world. There is a demand for graduates from this school, who gain immediate employment in traditional design, especially in the US. Hard to believe, but it’s true.
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  47. Loved the video! I've always been fascinated by Le Plessis-Robinson—impressive pronunciation, by the way!—but have rarely found any information about it online, even in French. This video was great for that!
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  48. Thank you for making this video! It's one of the more level headed ones I've seen on this platform. As a resident and a student, the car centric-ness of this city is the bane of my student life. I use the metro and bus system for my commute and the capacity is not matching with the growing population. Even worse when you live near Sharjah where the end of day traffic lasts well into the night. The Blue Line of the metro is hopefully on the way which connects the green line to Mirdif and neighboring areas but I still feel like they need to address the conjestion from Business Bay to Union Station. Changing portions of the highway underground and turning them into walkable parks is definitely a good idea! I would love it if the city did that along with more dedicated bus lanes that they started to implement. Life is comfy here (as far as my introverted, hangout averse self goes) but the city planning here has lots to be desired.
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  49. babe wake up, new aesthetic city upload‼️
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  50. As a Croat I didn't know there was such movement in Europe, especially in Croatia. Very interesting.
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