Hacker News with Generative AI: City Planning

Mud, water and wood: The system that kept a 1604-year-old city afloat (bbc.com)
Most modern structures are built to last 50 years or so, but ingenious ancient engineering has kept this watery city afloat for more than 1,600 years – using only wood.

Ancient Engineering, Architecture, History, City Planning, Water Management

44 points by Brajeshwar 6 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: A website that heatmaps your city based on your housing preferences (theretowhere.com)

Real Estate, Data Visualization, Location-Based Services, City Planning

321 points by WiggleGuy 53 days ago | 99 comments

Detroit’s revival takes shape after decades of decay (theguardian.com)
When the Book Cadillac hotel opened in Detroit a century ago this month, it crowned the Motor City as one of the most dominant metropolitan powers on the planet.

Detroit, Urban Renewal, City Planning, History

145 points by PaulHoule 61 days ago | 168 comments

Generating an infinite world with the Wave Function Collapse algorithm (marian42.de)
This article describes how I generate an infinite city using the Wave Function Collapse algorithm in a way that is fast, deterministic, parallelizable and reliable.

Generative AI, Algorithms, City Planning, Computer Graphics

278 points by klaussilveira 77 days ago | 67 comments

It's Official: Boring Cities Are Bad for Your Health (wired.com)
Oppressive, unstimulating urban architecture isn’t just about eyesores; there’s evidence that it can cause actual harm to its residents. To fix this in 2025, we must start building for joy.

Urban Design, Health, Architecture, City Planning

7 points by botanicals6 86 days ago | 2 comments

Tokyo released point cloud data of the entire city for free (twitter.com)

Tokyo, Open Data, City Planning

314 points by taubek 99 days ago | 40 comments

How Boston City Hall was born (bostonglobe.com)

History, Boston, Architecture, City Planning

67 points by goles 105 days ago | 116 comments

SpaceX Seeks Approval to Turn Texas Starbase Site into New City (bloomberg.com)
Elon Musk is attempting to turn the Starbase site in Texas where SpaceX builds its Starship rockets into a new city and officially move his space company there.

Space Exploration, SpaceX, City Planning, Texas, Elon Musk

31 points by JumpCrisscross 110 days ago | 45 comments

Chicago's State Capacity Crisis (citythatworks.substack.com)
In March, Chicago’s Progressive Caucus made a painful observation: voters believe that city government just isn’t functioning.

Chicago, Politics, Government, Local Government, City Planning

14 points by paulpauper 119 days ago | 2 comments

'Our plan worked': How Vienna prepared itself for a 5k-year flood (bbc.com)
Storm Boris is the latest deluge in one of the most flood-plagued periods in Europe in the past 500 years, but one city escaped relatively unscathed.

Flooding, Climate Change, City Planning, Europe

3 points by Brajeshwar 192 days ago | 1 comments

The Minneapolis Street Grid: Explained (streets.mn)
When I moved to Minneapolis from upstate New York last year, I found myself puzzled by the layout of the streets and avenues across the city.

Minneapolis, City Planning, Urban Design, Geography, Transportation

139 points by Renevith 202 days ago | 62 comments

The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World (lrb.co.uk)

Transportation, City Planning, Urban Design

212 points by Thevet 203 days ago | 137 comments

City Infrastructure (cityinfrastructure.com)

City Planning, Infrastructure, Urban Development

3 points by dTal 212 days ago | 0 comments

Metropolis 1998 lets you design every building in an isometric, pixel-art city (arstechnica.com)

Game Design, Pixel Art, City Planning, Retro Games

8 points by YesBox 242 days ago | 0 comments

'SimCity' Isn't a Model of Reality. It's a Libertarian Toy Land (wired.com)