This video is about Poundbury, a new town in Dorset, whose creation was driven by Prince Charles. He wanted to show that it was possible to build beautiful towns that people wanted to live in. Poundbury has turned into a massive success. No doubt there are still some snooty, know-all architects who despise it, and prefer brutalist concrete architecture, but ordinary people love it. Its treatment of social housing is exactly what I would do: instead of concentrating the social housing in one area, it's spread out through the town. No sink estates here!
I don't know why architects and town planners ignore our wishes all the time, but Poundbury shows why they are wrong.
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