Robenia

[Bipin 3,402]

Welcome to Robenia, gateway to the Americas!

The city of Robenia rests atop a man-made peninsula expanding outwards from what used to be A border region between Canada and the United States of America. Both countries still exist, of course, although they each have given up a fraction of their own land to create a neutral region.

This newly-created region is named Pandea; which one might notice is close to the name Pangaea. Pangaea was at one time, a single continent comprising of all the current continents, just as Pandea is in it’s own sort of way. The region of Pandea connects with Europe with a multi-deck train and vehicle bridge; only possible with recent yet astounding leaps forward in technology and architecture.

The city of Robenia was constructed in a prime location, one with a few major advantages. The city of Robenia is in the perfect place to contstruct the foundation for an intercontinental bridge. As well, Robenia can utilize the choppy seas and ocean swells to its advantage with hydroelectric power in the form of “underwater wind-mills”. When complete, Robenia will become a model city.. One which is both environmentally friendly and designed for maximum transit efficiency.

Now that the region history part is over with, let’s see how Robenia’s contruction is going! Its been decided that the CBD area will be constructed first, with a ring-road/beltway around it. Massive 10-lane, wide lane highways will then be built branching out from the CBD into residential and low density commercial.

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The ground has been broken! Construction crews have begun the first stage of the construction of Robenia.

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But what good would an avenue be if it went nowhere? Maybe theres a hint somewhere... Like in the title bar.

I hope you enjoyed my first entry! This is the first time I have ever created a CJ or MJ, and I don't expect it to be the last. I put a lot of hard work into my city design and especially the landscaping. Feel free to comment and critique, I'd love to see what you have to say.

[nathanthemayor 1,261]

Oh my goodness...How did you get the 3rd picture to look like that?

[Bipin 3,402]

Cheat that lets me zoom in to fractions of a zoom level, and photoshop perspective effects. Thanks for the comment!

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Very nice This looks very promising. And I like the effort in the many details you have. Rock on!

[Bipin 3,402]

Thanks, it's nice to hear those things, especially from someone like you!

[Aaron Graham 4,417]

Lovely picture, I like how you made you highwyas.

[Bipin 3,402]

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I have begun designing the community center for the first residential community in Robenia. Each community will have a community center, library, park(s), as well as all the other amenities one would expect in a modern suburb. So let's take a peek at what this community will start to look like:

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Just a short teaser entry, but please enjoy, and feel free to comment. Feedback is appreciated!

[+Guest Member 193110]

Fantastic work! Looks like another quality CJ is born.

[kakado_to_save 514]

Wow.. that looks great!

Cant wait

[Bipin 3,402]

Thank you for your replies everyone! All your comments really motivate me to make the best CJ I ever could. Also, in he next update you can expect to see a 3 level interchange area. Part of this includes an overpass over ground level RHW and a tunnel entrance going below buildings.

[Jazzmaster 716]

This is a great CJ for a newcomer...you seem to have spent a lot of time preparing this. Great work!

Question, what is that building in the upper part of that picture in your latest update?

[Bipin 3,402]

<br>This is a great CJ for a newcomer...you seem to have spent a lot of time preparing this.&nbsp;&nbsp;Great work!<br><br>Question, what is that building in the upper part of that picture in your latest update?<br>

<br><br>That'd be Meister-Z's Victoria Gebaude, which can only be found <a href="https://www.sc4devotion.com/csxlex/lex_filedesc.php?lotGET=828" class="bbc_url" title="External link" rel="nofollow external">here</a>, it's a very hard to find lot. Thanks for commenting, and I'm always happy to help!

<div><br></div><div>Teaser update of the interchange/tunnel configuration I'll likely go with: As this is in the experimental stage, buildings have been plopped in the background to give an idea of what the area will look like, and no landscaping&nbsp;has&nbsp;been done.</div>

  Edited June 9, 2011 by Bipin  

[Bipin 3,402]

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The CBD of Robenia will be, like in most other cities, the central hub in which commercial functions occur. But until roads are built leading to the CBD, nothing can happen. After experimenting with various interchange designs, the following configuration was chosen:

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While this design is functional from the perspective of those using the highway, it wont be of much use to the downtown core if it takes up too much space. That's why Robenia's architects took the time to design the CBD skyscrapers to be both space-saving and well integrated into the road infrastructure. Let's have a look at what they have come up with:

Note the AVE-2 under the building and over the tunnel entrance:

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If anyone wants a link to a higher resolution copy, let me know. I hope you enjoyed this update, just a quickie to show you what I've been working on lately. The main complex pictured here is from a Japanese BAT site, for those who are wondering, and it took me about a week to track down.

Enjoy, and feel free to comment. You know I love it when you do that!

[kakado_to_save 514]

Nice plans .. looking good

hoping for more.

[Toothless Stitch 2,901]

First time I see this. Very, very good. I will follow this!

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Cool new pix... nicely done

[+Guest Member 193110]

Whoa! That CBD looks incredible!

[vivydu29 60]

Excellent job on this interchange which is really original. I hope to see new pics soon.

[Roger51 381]

Great work on changing the lot of that building, looks wonderful!

[Bipin 3,402]

Thanks for the replies everyone, I always love to hear what you have to say! Now, lets start off with something on a more serious note, just to get it out of the way. A few days ago my computer experienced some critical/fatal errors, leading to the hard drives and processors having to be replaced. My city is backed-up, although I likely wont have to use the backup as no data has been corrupted from what I've seen. Although I will have to take a break from Sim City as I need to buy new hardware and transfer my data over, which will take a few days. Meanwhile, I am using a friends desktop and a slow laptop with 8% space left. It does the job though. Anyways... on to those replies:

Kakado_to_Save: Thanks for the reply, and don't worry, you'll be seeing more soon. *cough*PicsofthewholeCBD*cough*

Skyscraper241: I'm glad you found out about my CJ, and I hope you come visit again! The answers to the questions you asked in the CJ section of Simtropolis will be posted both here and over there.

Schulmanator: Thank you for the reply, always nice to hear from a prominent Simtropolis member such as you!

Algis242: Thanks, I worked hard on that CBD, it took me a week to find a the pictured building.

Vivydu29: In terms of pictures, I think I've got exactly what your looking for. Also, the whole city is designed around that central area; the interchange, so thanks for commenting on it!

Roger51: The pictured skyscraper was actually just reduced to a smaller lot size with the building location adjusted and overhanging. The AVE2 is dragged underneath and is fully functional.

As Skyscraper241 asked me which terrain mods I use, I figured I would reply here. I can give you links if you want.

Ground: Heblem's California Terrain mod

Water: N/A (water is plopped from Mas71's JPN Canal Set).

Sky: Customized version of Gizmo's mod.

Day/Night: DarkNite mod created by SimFox.

Trees: SimFox's mayor-mode tree brush, many of Pegasus' mayor-mode brushes, TSC's HD rock brush.

[Mikeaut1 261]

Really nice attention to detail!! I love your road networks, they are unique and highly effective! Keep up the stunning work!

[Bipin 3,402]

I haven't been away from my first CJ, Robenia, without reason. After fixing some critical issues with two of my three functional computers, I've been back at it, building bigger; sprawling skyscrapers here, there and everywhere. The downtown area of Robenia, positioned within a Pinavia interchange, is where it's at now. As you'll soon see in this update, the majority of the CBD has been completed. Other areas will gain more focus in following updates, which you'll learn more about near the end of this post.

Enough with the talk though, lets get on to some pictures, all twelve of them! Get comfy, take a seat, relax and watch...

We return for another visit to Robenia, let's see what has changed since we were last here. That sign and those boats could be a hint.

Nice shiny new lane control gantry there... That should stop those Sims from running into the barriers ahead.

While we're at it, why not add another gantry; for metering, this time?

With Robenia on its way to becoming a major city, architects and engineers made sure to design all aspects of the CBD to be compact and and well integrated with infrastructure as one can see here. This saves space and has less of a negative effect on the environment. Something a model city should be concerned about.

Not only did engineers integrate buildings into the infrastructure, they also included natural settings within the CBD/island area. This has many positives, including absorbing CO2 emissions.

Yet another metering station, a fixture that will become common for all of the major onramps in the Robenia region.

Continuing along the primary ring of the Pinavia, we find ourselves on the other side of Robenia's CBD/island. The Pinavia ring road passes over a sunken network terminating at the core of the CBD, Perhaps theres more to learn in the next picture.

As an alternative to taking a ramp to one of the surface roads beside, drivers can chose to continue on this sunken network, connecting directly to the surface RHW-10 spreading out in 3 directions from the Robenia CBD. This particular stretch of RHW-10 that the sunken network is connected to, heads right into the residential regions of Robenia. How come such a large network would have to cut right through the CBD, and how come the network is even sunken? It's as if someone would want to put a runway over top that freeway...

Well, it appears we have nearly completed our tour of Robenia's Pinavia/ring road. We're back to where we started the beginning of this update.

I'd say that calls for a couple overview shots!

It seems Robenia really is prospering!

I hope you tune in next time, and I hope you enjoy this update. I put a lot of hard work into it, and made sure to create the layout of this metropolis with the utmost care and attention to detail. Comments are, as always, more than welcome!

  Edited June 29, 2011 by Bipin  

[Schulmanator 5,787]

Cool! nice roads and nifty buildings.

[Bipin 3,402]

Thanks for the reply Schulmanator. I just realized you use the name "Robinia" in your CJ, which is neat, since we both have CJs with similar city names!

Also, feel free to suggest more nifty buildings Schulmanator. New/modern buildings are what I'm looking for, for this CBD, and to be honest, I'm tired of looking myself.

Update:

- The roads of Robenia need naming! Suggest names for the stretch of avenue in the CBD, the sunken network, and six different names for the roads of the CBD.

- Feel free to suggest buildings for the CBD. If the building is picked, it will be named after you!

[GMT 389]

now that I can remember lurking through the starting phase here, I guess I gotta say that I like your highway work.

speaking of it, what plugins did you use to create the sunken highways with the nice retaining walls around it?

[Bipin 3,402]

Here you go: https://www.simtropolis.com/forum/files/file/26189-murimk-underground-highway/ Enjoy the set, it includes a sunken highway with brick walls and the one I'm using, with concrete walls. Thanks for commenting on my CJ, I always love to hear what people have to say, and I'm glad I could help you out here!

[StreetxROBLOX 22]

Is there a hotel in the city? If there is, i would like to book a room there please.

Great job!

[kakado_to_save 514]

That is just...amazing

[КaZZ 203]

very impressive! u have created something really cool!

[sumwonyuno 42]

Great city! I particularly like the RHW landscaping. The rocks are a unique addition.