As I finish up my fourth block of residential, I must say that I’m more than a bit creatively exhausted. I’m happy with all of my little houses, but even happier that I get to start building other things soon!
Continue reading Micropolis Monday: Primary Houses
As my series of residential modules nears an end, I decided to revisit a house design that I came up with months ago. I’d built part of a cute little house, but before I finished it, I raided it for parts. Now I’ve finally finished it!
Continue reading Micropolis Monday: Magenta House
As much as I like building unusual houses, most houses aren’t that outlandish. This week I’ve built another pair of simple houses for my neighborhood.
Continue reading Micropolis Monday: Brown & Pink Houses
This week I decided to build something that is common in many residential neighborhoods: the empty lot. In cities like Portland, most older houses have a basement, and when they get torn down, the basement remains.
Continue reading Micropolis Monday: Blue House and Empty Lot
After a couple weeks of deviation, it’s time to get back to some houses. I tried a few new things this week and I’m quite pleased with the way they turned out.
Continue reading Micropolis Monday: Two-tone and Yellow Houses
After last week’s community gardens, I decided that it was time to add some apartment dwellers. A lot of older cities have small apartment buildings in their neighborhoods, especially on the edges of commercial zones.
Continue reading Micropolis Monday: Armory Apartments
What really makes a neighborhood great is variety, a mix of styles that catch the eye for different reasons. This week I built a pair of houses with very different personalities.
Continue reading Micropolis Monday: Grey and Lavender Houses
This week’s build is a mix of things that I’ve been seeing around, with a cluster of small-and-talls on a on a single, large lot.
Continue reading Micropolis Monday: Open Square
Sometimes, I developer will buy two lots and redivided them into three. This kind of thing happens a fair amount in Portland, so I figured that I should represent another kind of urban infill.
Continue reading Micropolis Monday: Blue Houses
This week’s houses started with some roof experimentation. Rooflines can be hard to capture in the Micropolis scale, which sits at an awkward point where it is hard to do complex things like dormers, yet it is equally hard to get smooth slopes at many angles.
Continue reading Micropolis Monday: Mismatched Houses