Comments by "RR OO" (@RROO-qy8je) on "Why Soviet cities are insanely well designed" video.

  1. Soviet city planning wasnt necesarily what got Soviet cities the bad reputation. It was the ugly depressing buildings. Sure they solved the housing crisis, but only for a temporary time. Now look at those buildings in what state they are. Demolishing buildings and rebuilding them once every 40 years is as expensive as just building a stronger more high quality building that will last for ages. Even timber framed buildings are still lasting from hundreds of years. Also the building process is the most enviromentally damaging. Demolishing and rebuilding them constantly is far more enviromentally wasteful than just building it once. Lets not forget the aspect of the building. Beauty has been neglected in architecture, even though its a very important part of the building. You dont have to design highly ornamental buildings. As long as it is well proportions and has a little bit of character its still extremely beautiful. We arent robots after all, meant to live in prisons, work in prisons and die. We are human beings with souls. Living and working in beautiful spaces significantly makes us happier.
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