Alex Cruz | Nomad Field Ops retweeted
@jemelehill Make fun of the EU, but they’d most likely shut that shit down.
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Japan’s housing market runs on a completely different operating system than the rest of the world.
Houses are built to depreciate, zoning allows small businesses everywhere and cities rebuild themselves every generation.
A 20-slide architectural masterclass by Abhinav Bhardwaj
Houses are built to depreciate, zoning allows small businesses everywhere and cities rebuild themselves every generation.
A 20-slide architectural masterclass by Abhinav Bhardwaj
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Wrapping up the final batch: transit-oriented development, railway-built suburbs and how Tokyo out-builds entire countries.
Final slides below 👇 Thank you to Abhinav Bhardwaj
Final slides below 👇 Thank you to Abhinav Bhardwaj
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Exploring the historical grids, land readjustment systems and traditional multi-generational layouts:
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The Danchi (Public housing units)
The Machiya (Traditional shop-houses)
The Kyoto Grid (Ancient layouts still running the city)
The Land Shuffle (Land readjustment)
Images attached:
The Danchi (Public housing units)
The Machiya (Traditional shop-houses)
The Kyoto Grid (Ancient layouts still running the city)
The Land Shuffle (Land readjustment)
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Continuing the breakdown of city planning, narrow historical alleys and micro-densities:
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The Roji (Alleys)
The Pencil Building
The Naked Street (Sidewalks & safety)
The Proof of Parking (Garage acts)
Images attached:
The Roji (Alleys)
The Pencil Building
The Naked Street (Sidewalks & safety)
The Proof of Parking (Garage acts)
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Digging deeper into the mechanics: how Japan handles land depreciation, seismic building standards, national zoning laws and incremental street widening.Next batch of slides below 👇 All credit to Abhinav Bhardwaj
The Value of Nothing (Houses depreciate to zero, land hquake Clock (Seismic standards and 1981 building code lines)
The Thirteen Zones (National zoning where 12 out of 13 zones allow housing)
The Four-Metre Road (How lanes widen themselves over decades through rebuilding)
The Value of Nothing (Houses depreciate to zero, land hquake Clock (Seismic standards and 1981 building code lines)
The Thirteen Zones (National zoning where 12 out of 13 zones allow housing)
The Four-Metre Road (How lanes widen themselves over decades through rebuilding)
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Alex Cruz | Nomad Field Ops retweeted
One more time for the people in the back:
The announcement will be a devastating blow for those who believed the court would uphold Italy’s 160-year history of citizenship by descent, or ius sanguinis. cnn.it/3PBZRVR
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Hey, I’m Alex.
40+ countries. Multiple visa systems. A few citizenship and residency processes too.
Interested in the mechanics of global mobility… and critiquing cultural quality & value.
Mostly jumping into conversations rather than starting them. Find me in the replies.
40+ countries. Multiple visa systems. A few citizenship and residency processes too.
Interested in the mechanics of global mobility… and critiquing cultural quality & value.
Mostly jumping into conversations rather than starting them. Find me in the replies.
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#PassportBros 2026 trips for conquering baddies in #Venezuela and #Ukraine the world would be healed. Is it possible?
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