The Aesthetic City

Hi all,

It's true: AI is completely changing our society - and AI slop is a real danger. However, is there a way to use generative AI for something good & useful?

I've seen Generative AI being used to create meaningful change in some communities, to attract massive support for beautiful buildings. This could lead to *increased* work for traditional architects.

However, not everyone knows how to use Gen AI in this context.

That's why I'm organizing an online workshop for a limited number of people, teaching exactly how to use it for this very purpose.

You'll learn:
- The differences between various AI models, their strengths & weaknesses
- Prompting strategies
- Creating different styles of buildings or rendering techniques
- How to use the results to influence your council / community

Afterwards, you'll get access to the replay + a prompt guide so you can use the techniques yourself.

There's only 28 spots left and the workshop is in 4 days, so apply today to not miss out!

Join here:
theaestheticcity.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy/8b9…

Cheers,

Ruben

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The Aesthetic City

Hi all,

This summer our Utrecht summer school of traditional architecture and urbanism is once again happening!

Last year, I made a video about the summer school which you can view here: https://youtu.be/EXTApRxDgtE

It's one of the best ways to learn traditional architecture in practice, in a beautiful place (Utrecht is stunning) and you'll likely make friends for life.

Apply here: www.intbaunl.org/summerschool

Hope to see you this summer,

Ruben

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1 week ago (edited) | [YT] | 288

The Aesthetic City

Hi all!

This year, another edition of the Utrecht Summer School of traditional architecture and urbanism is taking place in the beautiful city of Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Applications are now open! If you like to learn how to design beautiful, traditional cities, meet world-class traditional architects, spend time in one of the world's most walkable & beautiful places and make life-long friends, apply today!

For more information and to apply, go here:

www.beautifulcity.nl

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 67

The Aesthetic City

Hi everyone! Just wanted to do a quick poll to see what kind of videos you would be interested in most the coming months.

Instead of doing a YouTube poll I'm doing it on Google Forms as it gives me a bit more flexibility.

Also, feel free to comment underneath this post :)

Cheers, Ruben

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeSvra_3DPFfJAubP…

4 weeks ago | [YT] | 164

The Aesthetic City

Hi everyone! With The Aesthetic City, we want to fill in the gap in teaching knowledge on creating better, more beautiful places.

To best understand what knowledge you need, we made a very short questionnaire:

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd98ZNzrIHFNtWS3E…

Thank you!

4 weeks ago | [YT] | 162

The Aesthetic City

Hi all,

On our Conversations channel I released an interview today with Ann Sussman - about beauty, our brains and architecture. We have the brand new studio setup working so it looks quite nice!

Check it out here and subscribe to not miss these interviews: https://youtu.be/dZ5IhhqwLXo

Cheers,

Ruben

1 month ago | [YT] | 356

The Aesthetic City

Hi everyone, today at 17:00pm CET / 11:00am ET I'm giving an online lecture about all the basics of creating better cities.

It's free and will have a Q&A at the end!

You can sign up here: the-aesthetic-city.kit.com/webinar_november

Hope to see you there!

Ruben

3 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 256

The Aesthetic City

Dearest subscribers,

We made it - 200,000 beauty-loving subscribers to our channel!

I'm very grateful for this milestone and want to thank you all for supporting us on this journey.

Let's see what the future brings - I've got a lot of ideas for cool videos, and there is plenty of awful things being built, so we're not nearly done yet!

A big cheers to you all,

Ruben

4 months ago | [YT] | 477

The Aesthetic City

Hi all,

Did you know we recently launched our first dubbed version of a video on our new Spanish channel?

Check it out here - cheers!

5 months ago | [YT] | 79

The Aesthetic City

Hi everyone!

Just a short update: did you know that we have a Substack too? It will be a place for some longer writings, including interesting guest authors!

Join here: theaestheticcity.substack.com/

Also, I'm hard at work on the next video, and it will probably be a fun, but controversial one.

Can't wait to show it,

Ruben

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