Well, here it is: Spacington. The new look of 21st century urbanism- well, kind of. The truth is there is nothing here yet, and that is because this is just the beginning. Every week this plot of land, slowly or quickly, will become our Sim City version a 21st century urban city.
During the week the Spacing team and myself will attempt to develop Spacington into a walkable, densely populated, diverse cityscape. Borrowing some suggestions from urban theorists such as Jane Jacobs, Jan Gehl, and Ken Greenberg, as well as the LRT focus of 21st century urbanism, Spacington will become a simulated version urban city we all want. Check the blogs every Thursday and keep on track with our city’s evolution.
(Editor’s note: In the upcoming national issue of Spacing, senior editor Dylan Reid presents his outlook on urbanism for the next century)
Oh, and for all you Sims gurus out there, join in and comment on the cities development. Give us your suggestions, disagreements, or encouragement, and help us build Spacington into the best 21st century urban city.
It begins now folks, so post away will pre-planning suggestions.
2 comments
I am usually supportive of Spacing efforts to promote a pro-urban dialogue in Canada. However I oppose Spacington because it promotes obsolete greenfield development and using new resources -as opposed to recycling existing resources.
It’s an interesting idea, but I wonder if both the view and the simulation itself abstract away too much of what makes a functioning city – the realities of people interacting at street level. I wrote a blog post about Ottawa’s history of “planning from the sky”: the sky gods are puzzled – Ottawa urban planning (built form).