<story><title>Corviale, a one-kilometer residential complex in Rome</title><url>https://www.archdaily.com/956906/corviale-a-one-kilometer-residential-complex-in-rome</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jsnell</author><text>One more in the same theme: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Prora&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Prora&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;What I&amp;#x27;ve never understood with these projects is, what&amp;#x27;s the supposed benefit of a single stupidly large building over a large number of reasonably sized ones? It doesn&amp;#x27;t feel like this would bring any meaningful economies of scale to the building process. It seems unlikely to actually use land more efficiently.&lt;p&gt;Like, is it really just some kind of an authoritarian fetish for giant projects, or was there at least some attempt at justifying it?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>rob74</author><text>Well, if you are going to try to build affordable housing quickly, such large projects are the way to go. At least in the sixties and seventies city planners in the &amp;quot;western world&amp;quot; tried to do it (with more or less success), today they&amp;#x27;re not even trying anymore.&lt;p&gt;A more successful example is the former Munich Olympic Village (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;goo.gl&amp;#x2F;maps&amp;#x2F;1HTQWvGcRcoXAWvH6&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;goo.gl&amp;#x2F;maps&amp;#x2F;1HTQWvGcRcoXAWvH6&lt;/a&gt;). It&amp;#x27;s composed of 3 streets which are completely built over, so the cars at ground level are hidden from view and the pedestrians are walking in a completely pedestrian area at level 2 (I think). The buildings are also very linear and all look the same, but all apartments have huge south-facing terraces with lots of greenery (including shrubs or even trees). Public transport connection is also very good with a subway station nearby. Today the apartments are very sought after - wish they had built more projects like this. But if you look at more recent projects, like the &amp;quot;Messestadt Riem&amp;quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;goo.gl&amp;#x2F;maps&amp;#x2F;tVrahc4uDFkijGCC9&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;goo.gl&amp;#x2F;maps&amp;#x2F;tVrahc4uDFkijGCC9&lt;/a&gt;), they are much more cramped and spread out over a larger surface, with squat buildings that look very interchangeable - not really better, I&amp;#x27;m afraid.</text></comment>
<story><title>Corviale, a one-kilometer residential complex in Rome</title><url>https://www.archdaily.com/956906/corviale-a-one-kilometer-residential-complex-in-rome</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jsnell</author><text>One more in the same theme: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Prora&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Prora&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;What I&amp;#x27;ve never understood with these projects is, what&amp;#x27;s the supposed benefit of a single stupidly large building over a large number of reasonably sized ones? It doesn&amp;#x27;t feel like this would bring any meaningful economies of scale to the building process. It seems unlikely to actually use land more efficiently.&lt;p&gt;Like, is it really just some kind of an authoritarian fetish for giant projects, or was there at least some attempt at justifying it?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nwatson</author><text>Also here, last photo &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.google.com&amp;#x2F;amp&amp;#x2F;s&amp;#x2F;bernadetealves.com&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;12&amp;#x2F;unb-esta-no-top-10-no-ranking-qs-world-university&amp;#x2F;amp&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.google.com&amp;#x2F;amp&amp;#x2F;s&amp;#x2F;bernadetealves.com&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;12&amp;#x2F;u...&lt;/a&gt; , the 700-meter Minhocão (Big Worm) at UnB (Universidade Nacional de Brasília). I started EE program there in 1984 before deciding to move to the USA (student&amp;#x2F;teacher strikes were gonna lead to lost semesters). Going between classes was real inconvenient.</text></comment>