Mambabasa@slrpnk.netM to Solarpunk Urbanism@slrpnk.netEnglish · 19 days agoConverting dead malls into mixed use residenciesyoutube.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down11
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minus-squaremoonlight@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up12·19 days agoThis sounds nice if the apartments were a bit bigger and airbnb was banned, but I can’t say I would enjoy living there as is.
minus-squareKaboom@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·19 days agoIt looks like they’re reusing old shop spaces mostly as-is. Not much renovation beyond the bare minimum, and it’s a historic mall. Makes sense that they’d be undersized and not too comfortable. Probably the most practical solution.
minus-squareSerinus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 days agoWhich can be fine in this particular instance, but this isn’t the general model we had in mind.
This sounds nice if the apartments were a bit bigger and airbnb was banned, but I can’t say I would enjoy living there as is.
It looks like they’re reusing old shop spaces mostly as-is. Not much renovation beyond the bare minimum, and it’s a historic mall. Makes sense that they’d be undersized and not too comfortable. Probably the most practical solution.
Which can be fine in this particular instance, but this isn’t the general model we had in mind.