Halvoo, Finland - a SketchUp city - Page 3

spidey7312 · #1 Posted **Oct 2, 2016, 12:52 AM**

Well done update

mity1021 · #2 Posted **Oct 3, 2016, 11:06 AM**

Awesome job! The second shot is beautiful.

Vellu · #3 Posted **Sep 17, 2016, 4:29 PM**

dp

Swede · #4 Posted **Nov 1, 2016, 4:40 PM**

Great stuff!
Which square will you go for next?

Vellu · #5 Posted **Nov 12, 2016, 3:41 PM**

Thanks for the comments!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swede

Great stuff!
Which square will you go for next?

Next I will go west.

Here's the skyline looking southwest:

Section001_pic31 by Vellu04, on Flickr

Looking northwest:

Section001_pic32 by Vellu04, on Flickr

toyota74 · #6 Posted **Nov 12, 2016, 6:36 PM**

Very nice,...makes me want to do a city again.Have you thought of putting in some chuches.Northern euro cities have a few dominant spires in their skylines.

Mocholate · #7 Posted **Nov 12, 2016, 11:52 PM**

Hey guys, long time no see! Last t I me I came here was on a shitty pc, and now we check updates by smartphone anywhere we want. Lol
Vellu this city is insane! The most realistic ever.

How long has it taken to do the first square?

Toyota, lol. Me too! I bought a new laptop yeaterday so I can start one. You should too!

toyota74 · #8 Posted **Nov 13, 2016, 1:27 PM**

@mocholate....Have sketch up downloaded again but haven't quite
got around to using it.I may do so as we are in winter here.Vellu inspires
me from time to time.

Vellu · #9 Posted **Nov 26, 2016, 5:37 PM**

It's good to hear from fellow old-timers!

I hope you find some time for SketchUp again. Gold Coast City was the reason I learned how to render and Toyota's cities where always very inspirational with their unique and good looking buildings.

Here's couple of Halvoo's highrises from different eras: Kirkkokatu 56 is a large office building from the 1970's. It's 74 meters tall. Its more slender neighbour, Jaakontorni (officially Kirkkokatu 59), is from the 1920's and is 63 meters tall.

Section002_pic01 by Vellu04, on Flickr

toyota74 · #10 Posted **Nov 26, 2016, 6:50 PM**

Cool... I love buildings from the 70's,rectangular,concrete,stark and a little bit grim.They really give an urban feel,I also like the way the Dutch take these towers and give them a modern look which can be seen in Den Haag and R'Dam.
I will start a city once I learn textures and hopefully make a large one...

verticalextropy · #11 Posted **Nov 26, 2016, 9:55 PM**

Veeery satisfying to see the skyline gradually extruding up! Very realistic, and iconic, and look how it brought everybody together

Vellu · #12 Posted **Dec 10, 2016, 7:59 PM**

Thanks for the comments!

Quote:

Originally Posted by verticalextropy

Veeery satisfying to see the skyline gradually extruding up!

Yeah, for me too. I have to restrain myself a bit to keep the city mostly lowrise to give it that Finnish feel. The tallest buildings are yet to come, and unfortunately none of them are is this next update.

Section002_pic02 by Vellu04, on Flickr

Skydragon42 · #13 Posted **Dec 10, 2016, 9:02 PM**

Wow! The city is really looking good!
I want to go there!

Vellu · #14 Posted **Dec 26, 2016, 1:04 PM**

Thanks, Skydragon!

In the 1920's several high-rises were built along the Satamakatu avenue. One of them is Kannisentorni. It is 55 meters tall.

Section002_pic03 by Vellu04, on Flickr

mity1021 · #15 Posted **Jan 2, 2017, 11:12 PM**

Such an amazing job on your city!

Vellu · #16 Posted **Jan 7, 2017, 6:01 PM**

Thanks, Mity!

The YP Building was built for the Yhteis-Pankki bank - today the YP Financial Group - in 1962. It is 94 meters tall and it was the tallest building in Halvoo from 1962 to 1967.

Section002_pic04 by Vellu04, on Flickr

Looking northwest over rooftops towards the YP Building.

Section002_pic05 by Vellu04, on Flickr

spidey7312 · #17 Posted **Jan 7, 2017, 7:24 PM**

Nice! Just about getting into true skyscraper territory.

Swede · #18 Posted **Jan 8, 2017, 6:44 PM**

Wow. This city just keeps growing. I mean, sure the map shows it'll be bigger but when the blocks fill out in 3D and it's pretty much all dense urban blocks with quite a few tall highrises... It's already looking like it'd be one of the very biggest urban inner cities of Finland (and Sweden!).

Vellu · #19 Posted **Jan 21, 2017, 11:32 AM**

Thanks for the comments! Yeah, the inner city is going to be really dense in terms of Nordic cities, but on the other hand the city won't be as spread out as Nordic cities are, so I don't know if Halvoo would be as big as for example Stockholm is in terms of population.

Halvoo had spread to cover the whole width of Halvoonniemi cape by the end of 19th century. However, the west side comprised mostly of low-rise wooden buildings and they were mostly replaced between 1930's and 1970's. Here's a couple of examples of such redevelopments: the block closer to the camera was redeveloped in the 1930's and the other block in the 1950's and 1960's.

Section002_pic06 by Vellu04, on Flickr

Exterior work on the Cirrus Hotel Satamatorni has been completed.

Section002_pic07 by Vellu04, on Flickr

Satamatorni and Urhontorni.

Section002_pic08 by Vellu04, on Flickr

spidey7312 · #20 Posted **Jan 21, 2017, 2:44 PM**

Cirrus Hotel looks good. How tall is it?