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Ground plan for a pedestrian only town center planned around a stream and gentle waterfall. Influenced by the small hill towns of Italy, Southern France, maybe Spain, with some creative touches from farther North in Europe. Stream is assumed to have some sort of flood control with retention ponds and plenty of overflow capacity for the Spring thaw and occasional flash floods.
Each group of buildings has been designed as an elevation sketch with a basic ground plan. This plan shows them as an aerial view, so it's essentially a roof plan.
All of the groups of buildings are in my gallery.
Height of various storefronts is very important! Design philosophy dictates an "organic" curvilinear look to the plan. No classical planning! It should look like an Italian or Southern French hill town, but better!! Relationship of each group of buildings is carefully controlled with an optimum distance between them across a street or plaza, checked by a cross section of the street. Some sections, like the main plaza, are quite wide, and get plenty of sunlight, with plenty of elbow room for larger groups of pedestrians or gatherings like small music concerts. Other parts, like some of the street going up hill, will get quite narrow like a medieval town typically has, with possible gentle steps up hill or down from the main plaza.
There's a couple of minor changes and inconsistencies between the elevations and main ground plan, those will be corrected.
Note: File changed out 9-30-2018
Each group of buildings has been designed as an elevation sketch with a basic ground plan. This plan shows them as an aerial view, so it's essentially a roof plan.
All of the groups of buildings are in my gallery.
Height of various storefronts is very important! Design philosophy dictates an "organic" curvilinear look to the plan. No classical planning! It should look like an Italian or Southern French hill town, but better!! Relationship of each group of buildings is carefully controlled with an optimum distance between them across a street or plaza, checked by a cross section of the street. Some sections, like the main plaza, are quite wide, and get plenty of sunlight, with plenty of elbow room for larger groups of pedestrians or gatherings like small music concerts. Other parts, like some of the street going up hill, will get quite narrow like a medieval town typically has, with possible gentle steps up hill or down from the main plaza.
There's a couple of minor changes and inconsistencies between the elevations and main ground plan, those will be corrected.
Note: File changed out 9-30-2018
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2066x1486px 2.92 MB
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Sorry if this is late or if you've thought of this already, but a great way to add in greenery is window boxes. I was in Paris recently, and in the narrower, more "organic" areas of the city there are lots of very narrow 'balconies' in front of windows. The hotel I stayed at and the apartments across the street had them - just wide enough for me to stand on, but the railing was only about mid-calf height. I saw someone across the street storing their bike on their balcony, while a lot of people had potted plants, many of which were rather "flourishy" (hanging over the railing, piling up against the wall, &c.).
Maybe they could grow spices and herbs in the town, since it's based on spices? ^-^ Beautiful drawings of the town (linked in the description), as well, of course!
Maybe they could grow spices and herbs in the town, since it's based on spices? ^-^ Beautiful drawings of the town (linked in the description), as well, of course!