Urban Planning / Design

TagLast edit: Jul 31, 2020, 9:48 AM by Yoav Ravid

Urban Planning / Design refers to ideas and plans for how to better approach the design of urban environments (such as cities).

A Scalable Urban Design and the Single Building City

Edward SwernofskyJul 25, 2020, 7:06 PM

22 points

21 comments17 min readLW link

[Question] Will autonomous cars be more economical/efficient as shared urban transit than busses or trains, and by how much? What’s some good research on this?

mako yassJul 31, 2019, 12:16 AM

9 points

11 comments2 min readLW link

Propinquity Cities So Far

mako yassNov 16, 2020, 11:12 PM

24 points

48 comments20 min readLW link

Movable Housing for Scalable Cities

Eliezer YudkowskyMay 15, 2020, 9:21 PM

124 points

28 comments21 min readLW link

The Serendipity of Density

jefftkDec 17, 2023, 3:50 AM

40 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Beware unfinished bridges

Adam ZernerMay 12, 2024, 9:29 AM

40 points

9 comments3 min readLW link

Lafayette: traffic vessels

KatjaGraceJul 15, 2021, 1:00 AM

27 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Book Review: A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander

lincolnquirkOct 15, 2021, 1:11 AM

57 points

8 comments2 min readLW link 1 review

Notes on Notes on the Synthesis of Form

VaniverOct 6, 2022, 2:36 AM

24 points

0 comments6 min readLW link

Georgism Crash Course

Zero ContradictionsJun 29, 2024, 6:18 AM

9 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

(zerocontradictions.net)

The New Age of Social Engineering

VivaLaPandaDec 7, 2019, 12:23 AM

22 points

7 comments11 min readLW link

Soup design: Everyone likes it, but few know how

tomdekanFeb 7, 2022, 11:32 AM

2 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Christopher Alexander’s architecture for learning

Henrik KarlssonMar 24, 2022, 9:11 AM

44 points

8 comments9 min readLW link

(escapingflatland.substack.com)

Land Ho!

ZviJan 20, 2022, 1:30 PM

120 points

4 comments4 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Decorated pedestrian tunnels

dkl9Nov 24, 2024, 10:16 PM

0 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(dkl9.net)

Not every accommodation is a Curb Cut Effect: The Handicapped Parking Effect, the Clapper Effect, and more

Michael CohnSep 15, 2024, 5:27 AM

81 points

39 comments10 min readLW link

(perplexedguide.net)

Old Airports

jefftkJan 9, 2020, 3:30 AM

13 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

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