Comments by "ricardo kowalski" (@ricardokowalski1579) on "Stewart Hicks" channel.

  1.  @filonin2  if you calculate the cost of throwing utilities, and the increased freight of one extra hour drive... you will quickly understand that "cheap" land means "hidden costs".
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  2. Japan is similar. The house has no value
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  3. I see a contradiction (tension?) between removable/serviceable "capsules" and the "core"permanent cast in concrete service infrastructure they depend on. In many ways it's like having water sewer and gas pipes laid vertically, instead of underground. A great deal of the city infrastructure is invisible, buried "out of sight out of mind". Houses are demolished and built above services without being subject to them. Would you buy and install a new shinny state of the art capsule with the latests wifi and tech... onto a rotten core with leaky pipes? But that is what we do with new housing over victorian (or roman) sewers. I suggest the conversation should define what is meant to be permanent (think the Roman aqueducts) and what is meant to be replaceable. Respectfully.
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  4. I don't think the experiment "failed" since we did record the data, lessons were learned. It was never meant to be permanent, and the capsules were indeed relatively easy to remove. Respectfully
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  5.  @KuK137  current architecture has the core buried underground. Rotten cores undergrouns. Leaks and damages are unseen, and go unrepaired for decades. "out of sight, out of mind" As I said, there is a tension between the design objectives: access to the core and individual capsules. To access the core you need to remove many capsules, so the "individual" objective is not met, and the whole community is impacted On the "forever"... there was no requirement for this building to be "forever". Japanese don't even consider real estate an asset. The core had a life expectancy, as did the capsules. All were exceeded and abused (for reasons)
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  6. The video completely blurs the point. The issue is walkability. The attempt to make a distintction between "alley" and "street" is the product of a mind boxed in by motor vehicles. If alleys are planned and used to store and collect garbage... your urban plans ARE garbage
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  7. LeCorbusier approves
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  8. What I have learned is that every "-ism" had to have a catchy phrase "less is more", "form follows function"
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  9. Solid comment.
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  10. 3d printing will find a niche, but will be niche
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  11. The modular/capsule knowledge found a better use in the cruise ship industry https://youtu.be/KdLl7PLe_J4 The cabins can be prefabricated and be ready for quick turnaround of the vessel in drydock 10 years lifespan is about right for high end hospitality
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