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.
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Micropolis Monday: Blue Houses
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.
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Micropolis Monday: Mismatched 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.
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Micropolis Monday: Tumble House
I’m finishing out my first month of Micropolis Mondays with a sprawling modern home: the Tumble House.
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Micropolis Monday: Big House
This model is based on a house from one of my old neighborhoods. I used to walk by this big house on a corner lot just about every day. It had this cool, quasi-georgian style too it. That house was a cool, older house that had seen better days and I wanted to build my own version of it.
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Micropolis Monday: Domino Foursquares
In a lot of cities, residential neighborhoods are getting denser. Last week’s house had a luxuriously large lot, but this week I’ve squeezed two houses and an ADU into a single module.
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Micropolis Monday: Tea Plantation House
I feel like residential neighborhoods are a neglected aspect of Micropolis cities. To get this feature started, I built a small modern home.
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Check out this fantastic block of European style apartment buildings by Tammo S. I love seeing this kind of urban fabric build in Micropolis, where layouts often don’t have the organic feel of a living city.
J. T. Buffalo Museum
This is one of those models that started with a picture. That picture doesn’t have anything to do with the finished model, but it planted a seed in my mind. Once the idea was there, I just had to grab some bricks and start building. Continue reading J. T. Buffalo Museum
Coronae Softworks
A while back, New Elementary put out a call for participants in one of their Festivals of Parts. They are one of my favorite LEGO blogs and a solid influence on the way that I write about my hobby, so I jumped at the opportunity. I wasn’t alone in wanting to test my skills, so it was lovely to be chosen to receive a bag of Nexogons. Continue reading Coronae Softworks