This Town Did The Impossible City Transformation

What happens if you totally transform a town? This suburb was dominated by modernist urbanism and was transformed by introducing traditional, mixed use urban fabric, beautiful architecture inspired by its local traditions, a lot of green and a more balanced housing supply.

In this video you'll hear everything about Le PlessisRobinson, a town in the suburbs of Paris, and how it was completely transformed and I'll give 7 lessons of how this town did it.



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Favourite Urbanism & Architecture Books

Léon Krier: The Architecture of Community https://amzn.to/4cVhS8e
Nir Buras: The Art of Classic Planning https://amzn.to/3Wjhriz
Jane Jacobs: The Death and Life of Great American Cities https://amzn.to/4cy7CTq
Vitruvius Pollio: The Ten Books on Architecture https://amzn.to/4cyxwXh
Charles Montgomery: Happy City https://amzn.to/3LldSlC
Malcolm Millais: Exploding the Myths of Modern Architecture https://amzn.to/3Wh45mJ
James Stevens Curl: Making Dystopia https://amzn.to/3zFzN4s
Branko Mitrovic: Architectural Principles in the Age of Fraud https://amzn.to/3RZTD0s
Tom Wolfe: From Bauhaus to Our House https://amzn.to/3S5mgtb

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Special Thanks

Special thanks to my patrons, you rock! Also, big thanks to the team that organised IMCL 2022 in Le Plessis Robinson and to Xavier Bohl

This video was not sponsored, except by the support of our patrons.

Soundstripe Music

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