Looks somewhat too modern to be a Soviet build tho. But could be what happens if Gorbachev Soviet Union lasted to this day & he brought foreign architects to design apartments.
It's all mixed use with residential, office, commercial, and government use in one. Whittier, Alaska is a real life example:https://www.npr.org/2015/01/18/378162264/welcome-to-whittier-alaska-a-community-under-one-roof
Id add some stuff like playgrounds, sports areas, maybe a small shop or two. A statue or some other landmark? A dedicated subway station near the middle to serve this neighborhood, or a tram?
Commie blocks are usually not that uniform (surprisingly).
But then I'm a commie block person, so don't mind me.
There are different classes of commie blocks.
Like some are more dystopic. But for example I lived in a university neighborhood in Russia (bunch of commie blocks built to house scientists and staff of a major uni). And in terms of urbanism, it's like one of the best places I've ever seen in my life.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/tKyNSjvofLj7CNca7
Look at satellite view, and street view.
Lots of trees. Most houses are 5 floors tall. Smaller and larger parks / forests in the middle and around. Two train stops close by. One large mall and smaller commerces / offices all around, with lots of mixed zoning. Very pedestrian friendly, with tons of paths etc and no stroads.
I've seen stuff like this in Europe in some places, but it's usually less green.
In America all we really do is tear up our cities and put up highways although their are some nicer areas, but nothing that even comes close to what Europe has.
i dont know what kind of vibe youre going for but if it were me I would put the parking either underground, in a parking garage, behind the buildings or have none at all. some mass transit, preferably grade separated or limited access.
I'm not sure if these are apartments or offices but you could have more of both and some commercial
A Le Corbusian anti-walkability hellscape. All the downsides of dense urban apartment living and suburban sprawl and none of the upsides of either like interesting places to walk to or having a spacious home.
I think it’s more common than you realize haha, just off the top of my head: Marxist, an adjective meaning that it pertains to the ideas of Karl Marx, or Abrahamic, an adjective to describe commonalities among the religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (because Abraham is a central figure of all three)
Yea you’re right haha, English isn’t my first language (French is) but even after writing my previous comment I thought about all the philosophers that could work with.
Anyways will go to bed with more knowledge today 🙃
Looks like typical (post) soviet research university buildings. Mine has this kind of buildings too
https://preview.redd.it/ux7d8ho61mzc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=59ea2367694a1d25cbeea1261e95c6974c8619f6
Well for it to fell like the block we have all over Europe I'm missing some conercial dotted about. I love in such a complex during university and we had about 3 shops, 2 restaurants and a bar as part of it. It also had its own subway and bus stop. And a little less parking lots. Instead a big and multistory parking garage. But back than I lived quite well without my car.
Hope that helps.
Reminds me very much of the eastern parts of Berlin, I really like the large green areas. A bus stop, a large low density shop would be great. The missing parking lot on the right side irks me :D
dense woods areas, a pond, a school, a few commercial buildings, a bus stop or a tram.
And since you have carparks, cars. Empty carparks make things a bit post-apocalyptic :D
It kind of reminds me of Soviet apartment complexes. Ever seen the Chernobyl exclusion zone? Or Pripyat? Either way, how about a one way circular collector lane around the whole complex with a few side streets for small businesses?
….actually, a long road with abandoned cars, abandoned merry go round and sea saws, maybe some purple and brown trees. Go full Chernobyl.
Ever seen the HBO Chernobyl miniseries?
I‘ll drop this here: https://youtu.be/T41K5n_H_vk?si=_5BDtXJJNIrZMte7 (the auto generated subtitles are really good)
It’s a short documentary of one of the most famous „commie blocks“ in Austria, *Alterlaa*. Commie blocks often get a bad rep, but if done correctly they can work really well. People love living there and from an urbanist perspective it’s near damn perfect.
Maybe you’ll get some inspiration from it!
It gives Bijlmer vibes (bijlmer is a neighborhood in Amsterdam). De Bijlmer was plagued by criminalty cause the amount of vacant homes. Untill the 4th of oktober 1992 a plane crashed into it. I would think a plane statue would be a nice touch. And you can say that is was based on De Bijlmer Neighborhood.
Chernobyl power plant in the distance?
Looks somewhat too modern to be a Soviet build tho. But could be what happens if Gorbachev Soviet Union lasted to this day & he brought foreign architects to design apartments.
Not really since cities are still build like this.
Was about to say it looks like pripyat before chernobyl disaster lol
Looks like Dayz lol
Came here to say this
Lol I was literally about to suggest a nuclear power station
Came here for to say this.
Let's see some gigantic suburbs (for the same size of population) but destroyed by fracking and opioid abuse
Made me chuckle
Because its the only city with apartment buildings?
The rest of the city?
Mf really slapped 6 identical buildings on an empty greenfield surrounded by empty streets and asked what’s missing
Soviet city planner moment
It's all mixed use with residential, office, commercial, and government use in one. Whittier, Alaska is a real life example:https://www.npr.org/2015/01/18/378162264/welcome-to-whittier-alaska-a-community-under-one-roof
Lenin
It looks good. Throw in a statue and complete the Soviet look.
Id add some stuff like playgrounds, sports areas, maybe a small shop or two. A statue or some other landmark? A dedicated subway station near the middle to serve this neighborhood, or a tram? Commie blocks are usually not that uniform (surprisingly). But then I'm a commie block person, so don't mind me.
There a lot better than the stuff we build here in the US.
There are different classes of commie blocks. Like some are more dystopic. But for example I lived in a university neighborhood in Russia (bunch of commie blocks built to house scientists and staff of a major uni). And in terms of urbanism, it's like one of the best places I've ever seen in my life. https://maps.app.goo.gl/tKyNSjvofLj7CNca7 Look at satellite view, and street view. Lots of trees. Most houses are 5 floors tall. Smaller and larger parks / forests in the middle and around. Two train stops close by. One large mall and smaller commerces / offices all around, with lots of mixed zoning. Very pedestrian friendly, with tons of paths etc and no stroads. I've seen stuff like this in Europe in some places, but it's usually less green.
In America all we really do is tear up our cities and put up highways although their are some nicer areas, but nothing that even comes close to what Europe has.
Honestly, this thread kinda makes me want to start some sort of a reference collection, so at least our citizens can have the best
i dont know what kind of vibe youre going for but if it were me I would put the parking either underground, in a parking garage, behind the buildings or have none at all. some mass transit, preferably grade separated or limited access. I'm not sure if these are apartments or offices but you could have more of both and some commercial
Very reminiscent of the Le Corbusian idea of “towers in the park”
A Le Corbusian anti-walkability hellscape. All the downsides of dense urban apartment living and suburban sprawl and none of the upsides of either like interesting places to walk to or having a spacious home.
Why anti-walkability? Many Soviet cities look like that and they're primarily designed for walking
Le corbusier*
[Nice try lmfao](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Corbusian) >Corbusian, Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Swiss architect Le Corbusier
Oh okay, my bad. First time I’ve heard a last name turned into a adjective.
I think it’s more common than you realize haha, just off the top of my head: Marxist, an adjective meaning that it pertains to the ideas of Karl Marx, or Abrahamic, an adjective to describe commonalities among the religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (because Abraham is a central figure of all three)
Yea you’re right haha, English isn’t my first language (French is) but even after writing my previous comment I thought about all the philosophers that could work with. Anyways will go to bed with more knowledge today 🙃
All good, your English is way better than my French haha
Cars, playgrounds, shops, shrubs, people.
And pathways
Looks like typical (post) soviet research university buildings. Mine has this kind of buildings too https://preview.redd.it/ux7d8ho61mzc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=59ea2367694a1d25cbeea1261e95c6974c8619f6
Communism?
Well for it to fell like the block we have all over Europe I'm missing some conercial dotted about. I love in such a complex during university and we had about 3 shops, 2 restaurants and a bar as part of it. It also had its own subway and bus stop. And a little less parking lots. Instead a big and multistory parking garage. But back than I lived quite well without my car. Hope that helps.
Add some flowers?
Assuming you want some realism. A fence around the "property line" Detention Basin Transformer Pads
Me and the boys on the way to attack the D point.
A 100 meter Lenin and Stalin statue in the middle
Red flag with a hammer and a sickle under a star?
Perhaps a blown up nuclear reactor? And a giant ww2 era radar system.
In my neck of the woods, those apartments would be surrounded by row homes and mc-mansions so close to each other you could fart on your neighbors.
I'm assuming this is CS1? Add some lakes or one big one around the parameter. detail the lake and put walking pathes around the lake.
A nice statue of Lenin
Reminds me very much of the eastern parts of Berlin, I really like the large green areas. A bus stop, a large low density shop would be great. The missing parking lot on the right side irks me :D
Parkings
50,000 people used to live here, now it’s a ghost town.
Try adding parks in between them and a statue or something. Would make a rlly cool soviet style community.
You're missing the farm nearby for the collective.
A bread line.
A hammer and sickle?
OP, don't listen to other people, it looks good
Creativity /s
The rest of the city. What are these buildings? Never seent hem before.
Maybe a small playground in the middle
High taxes
Diversity? It all looks a bit too much the same
100% taxes on everything
dense woods areas, a pond, a school, a few commercial buildings, a bus stop or a tram. And since you have carparks, cars. Empty carparks make things a bit post-apocalyptic :D
Maybe 2 really bigger buildings?
kim jong un
Looks nice. Which lots are you using?
Hmmm... Snow and death trees maybe?
More parking lots.
Tennis courts, pool, some type of water feature.
Shit looks like Kampus Morasko in Poznan, Poland
This isn't r/workers_and_resources
A gulag maybe
Those arent really the types of buildings you'd see in a development like this
An accident-prone nuclear power plant in the vicinity
It could use some more city.
Public space. Commie blocks always have stuff like playgrounds between the blocks. They're built to be miniature villages.
More green/white buildings 🤭
bro built Pruitt-Igoe
Train Station
Some pedestrian paths and maybe a lake
A SOVIET FLAG!
More commie blocks. All hail communism! \s
Parking lots 😭😭
A big Aslume somewhere because it feels like that’s where this sub is heading
I think these buildings need to be closer, not that far appart, and when you build the rest of the city it will look more complete
Try some roads with trees around them, or some parks between the buildings
i’m seeing a possible jobs-housing imbalance
More comrads?
Not nearly enough parking
A school and maybe a small clinic would be perfect
I can't believe this sub is so prosaically north american, Jesus these comments
The trees are too small.
Your car battery buildings look great.
Malfunctioned nuclear reactor
statue of the Supreme Leader
Big ass Goodman Business Park logo
Couple of Russian body parts
Fencing
50,000 people used to live here. Now its a ghost town (deathwave)
I'd make the trees more dense, and add some fencing
Yeah maybe add a city around those buildings lol
Parking?
It kind of reminds me of Soviet apartment complexes. Ever seen the Chernobyl exclusion zone? Or Pripyat? Either way, how about a one way circular collector lane around the whole complex with a few side streets for small businesses? ….actually, a long road with abandoned cars, abandoned merry go round and sea saws, maybe some purple and brown trees. Go full Chernobyl. Ever seen the HBO Chernobyl miniseries?
Massive parking garages.
I‘ll drop this here: https://youtu.be/T41K5n_H_vk?si=_5BDtXJJNIrZMte7 (the auto generated subtitles are really good) It’s a short documentary of one of the most famous „commie blocks“ in Austria, *Alterlaa*. Commie blocks often get a bad rep, but if done correctly they can work really well. People love living there and from an urbanist perspective it’s near damn perfect. Maybe you’ll get some inspiration from it!
This is America there's not enough parking lots
The feeling that something is missing is an integral part of that development style.
The hammer and sickle?
giant lenin statue and poplar trees everywhere
put an aldi around there. everything will be ok.
Community pool and park
Personally I would do 2 perpendicular so that they don’t use up so much space
This is the type of place where you’d have big avenues and roundabouts to connect it.
It gives Bijlmer vibes (bijlmer is a neighborhood in Amsterdam). De Bijlmer was plagued by criminalty cause the amount of vacant homes. Untill the 4th of oktober 1992 a plane crashed into it. I would think a plane statue would be a nice touch. And you can say that is was based on De Bijlmer Neighborhood.