Hearted Youtube comments on The Aesthetic City (@the_aesthetic_city) channel.
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Münzgasse is a prime example for a very peculiar effect. It was rebuilt already during the 1980ies with DDR means. In fact, it is a Plattenbau. All it took from the old city were the approximate measurements. It does not even claim to be old. And still, Münzgasse works. People flock there in the many small restaurants and the shops, and they did it as soon as it was open to the public.
Münster in Westphalia did a similar experiment after World War II with its Prinzipalmarkt. All the houses there are from the 1950ies, and they don't claim to be anything else. But the Prinzipalmarkt works.
My take is that often it's the overall dimensions that make a place lively. Have small elements with their own aesthetic work together. Don't build solitaires. Build elements to longer chains in a way that each of it works both by itself and as a part in a larger concept. Dare to be not straight, but have small deviation from the straight line. Keep some sights open, to a tower, to the next open space, to some landmark or some nice mountain in the distance, so people can experience the whole while at the same time feel enclosed. Have hard limits on things like eaves height, but give the architect the freedom to fill the space as they see fit. It's not the grand vision, that makes a place beautiful, it's the small things that add together.
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