[josmar]

City Planning software is something I've been humming over a lot and for a long time. It's a perfect problem for computation with statistics - figure out practical actionable things for cities to do when optimising for things like walkability, public transit available, available storefront-rentals, et cetera. The world is catching up on the western nations, and the millions of cities joining the global middle class can be billions of dollars more efficient. A true way to better the world. The computational parts are doable (I'll be tech cofounder if required - not a visual artist though) but how is it best used?

[samstave]

I wonder what the chinese do WRT city plannin given the amount of building they have been doing, and if walkability plays a role in their designs, and what they use for said designs.

[rch]

There's been a lot of visible experimentation, but I've not seen anything indicative of a definitive strategy. I would be curious to know if there were any lessons learned from replicating old world European towns.

[thirdsun]

It is my understanding that Barcelona and its superblocks often serves as a showcase for great city planning: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/may/17/superblocks-r...

Of course this isn't a natural or old layout however.

[rch]

It's also an example of failed city planning! The original Cerdà Plan was considerably more human friendly:

https://www.failedarchitecture.com/behind-four-walls-barcelo...