Europe pack architecture

[scullivan]

I know there are threads on the potential future Europe pack, but from what I know they seem to be focusing on what animals will be included.
I personally hope the Europe pack will NOT be an animal pack and will include more building pieces. If that is the case, what architecture style do you think frontier will create?
My guesses would be either gothic/Romanesque:

OR Tudor:

Between the two, I would bet on Tudor because gothic could possibly resemble the classic stuff too closely and it is so intricate it may be difficult to build with. The Tudor is unique and doable. If we get Tudor, I hope there are lots of flexicolor pieces so we can create colorful builds like what I think of when I think Sweden.

Then again, I’m not from Europe nor have I ever been, these are just my guesses. Thoughts?

 

[Aidan635]

I can see Frontier going with a Bavarian/Swiss style of architecture. That is, if they're only picking one. Think of it this way, when they release the pack, it would be more fitting for a red deer to be in a forest with a little Bavarian hut rather than a gothic church, if you know I mean. Additionally, this potential building set could add some great wooden pieces, which are always highly appreciated.

 

[jcp011c]

I'm hoping for Bavarian myself. I know that there's things of this style on the workshop, and I know that it can be done. But not all of us are even "decent" builders. Sometimes it's nice to an official take on it. But that I mean in no ways to minimize the fantastic work of those who have submitted to the workshop.

 

[Aramar]

Bavarian for me too, please!

Although I would like to have a few extra pieces that could be used for Mediterranean villages to complement the pieces from the Africa pack.

Also, I think some stained glass pieces with animals on them:

 

[Hugo98]

I second the Bavarian building set as a suggestion!
I would love to have such pieces ingame.

 

[avietar]

Bavarian, yes! Also Dutch, and Gothic, and Jugendstil (art nouveau).

 

[ElectricMonk]

I’m at least as much of a builder as anything else in the game and so I love getting new build pieces. However, I only want them at the expense of animals if they provide new options for building styles. Gothic seems a bit too close to classical for my tastes and Bavarian just doesn’t add anything new since creating buildings like those in the image posted by the OP aren’t just doable with pieces already in-game, they’re actually easily doable (just plaster plus some beams/planks).
the lack of a good Europe theme (at least that I can think of) is one of the reasons I’d prefer a Eurasia animal pack to a standard Europe pack - on the other hand, I didn’t know what they’d be able to do theme-wise with Australia, and they knocked that one out of the park, so maybe they’ll come up with something great!? - Just as long as it expands the creative possibilities within the game, I’ll be happy.

 

[SibCDC]

I made a post about this already in the Europe DLC discussion thread and I'm happy to see this get its own discussion thread (my post easily got burried in everyone sharing their own list of 4/5/8 animals they'd like to see). I agree that Europe should get a scenery pack, because even though the base game's classic themes are implied to be the European themes, there's still a lot of architecture styles that would fit in perfectly in Planet Zoo. I myself would really love to see a theme based on Art Nouveau, a style that heavily draws inspiration from nature in its designs. I see a lot of people request Bavarian/Swiss theme but I must agree with @ElectricMonk when they say that this is easily doable with the pieces we have already. It's literally putting down some plaster walls and trimming the edges in planks. I'd much rather have new pieces that make it easier to make organic shapes, like in art nouveau. Currently almost all pieces are straight, even down to the windows and doors, with some minor exceptions in Indian and African architecture. I'd love to see Gothic arches, Art Nouveau organic shapes etc.

 

[Cynogale bennettii II]

The other building set that could work well for Europe, I think, is a prehistoric theme. It could include more rocks and pieces to allow the creation of caves (such as stalactites and stalagmites), models and skeletons of Ice Age species such as mammoths, woolly rhinos and giant deer and the species pictures could be rendered in a cave art style. This would not only work for some of the most-wanted animals for a Europe pack such as ibex and red deer but some animals that are already in the game like spotted hyenas, lions, wolf, reindeer and grey seals.

Here are some examples of zoos using this theme:

Models of woolly mammoth and giant deer in Gaiazoo in the Netherlands: https://www.zoochat.com/community/m...culptures-2019-03-30.449238/full?d=1563215519

A woolly mammoth skull is visible on the wall of the wolverine house in Gaiazoo: https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/wolverine-shelter-may-2nd-2015.303348/full?d=1439237413

Woolly mammoth statue in Rostock Zoo in Germany: https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/rostock-zoo-mammoth.373892/full?d=1503744476

Statues of prehistoric wildlife in a recently-opened museum in Toledo Zoo: https://www.zoochat.com/community/m...-toothed-cat-display.555144/full?d=1636551724

Replica of French cave paintings in an Austrian zoo: https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/evolution-museum.507917/full?d=1603659469

Signage for a red deer at a Spanish zoo that includes cave paintings: https://www.zoochat.com/community/m...ana-del-mar-13-06-15.305759/full?d=1442053962

A sign including cave pictures and corresponding images of the animals being represented from a wildlife park in Belgium: https://www.zoochat.com/community/m...paintings-2020-07-15.498542/full?d=1598553577

 

[[VR] Deggial]

Most definitely art nouveau!

Initially, I was hoping for an animal-only European DLC. But after someone mentioned art nouveau in a previous thread as a style option, I was sold on it!
I didn’t even considered it before that. I don’t know why ... I love art nouveau!

Bavarian and medieval style can be perfectly achieved with the existing building pieces. We have so many wooden beams! Together with the African clay wall, building timber-framed houses is easy. (I have done it multiple times.)

But art nouveau has a very unique aesthetic language that can not be reproduced with the existing pieces.
Additionally, its natural, floristic theme fits perfectly with zoos!

 

[Fini]

I'm not exactly sure we really need a whole set.
For me it is rather individual parts of different styles that are simply still missing, but could fit well into a Europe pack due to the European architectural history.
I want to throw some things in here ...

Nature Stone Wall Set:

I'm just missing something like that. In Germany there are many historical buildings that were built on a natural stone foundation. Half-timbered buildings are known for it. Preferably natural in flexicolour. Of course we have the Asia stone wall, but it has a completely different texture.

Crumbled plaster with brickwall behind

This is also seen here relatively often, as many of the bricks were simply plastered over and nowadays the plaster simply crumbles off.
I could imagine patches of different sizes for walls.

Slate walls or gables

I don't know if this is region-specific from here, but I could very well imagine something like that. Our family house has such gables. (and the neighbors too)
On an excursion to the Harz Mountains with a city tour, it was said, that slate was quarried in the region and those who could afford it then decorated their houses with it.
We were in Goslar at the time and the houses there have incredibly beautiful slate patterns.

Gable decorations

We already have a few, but I could still imagine a few more simple variations.

Horizontal Wood Walls

This is actually the easiest. Simply turn the Arctik and Aquatic pack wall parts by 90 °. (and of course make the Arctik wood set flexicolour)
I still don't know exactly why we only have vertical wooden walls...

Reed Roofs

I know we already have 2 thatched roof sets, but reed is something completely different. It's much thicker, harder, and made from bundles of sticks. Absolutely typical for the north of Germany, and I mean also for the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Norway. And it is beautiful. When I see the picture, I immediately get a holiday mood.

 

[random goat]

Nature Stone Wall Set:
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I'm just missing something like that. In Germany there are many historical buildings that were built on a natural stone foundation. Half-timbered buildings are known for it. Preferably natural in flexicolour. Of course we have the Asia stone wall, but it has a completely different texture.

Crumbled plaster with brickwall behind
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This is also seen here relatively often, as many of the bricks were simply plastered over and nowadays the plaster simply crumbles off.
I could imagine patches of different sizes for walls.

Horizontal Wood Walls
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These, so much. We really need natural/rustic stone walls like the ones you're showing. To me, this is my most requested building item right now. Walls made of smaller recolorable bricks with or without crumbled plaster would also come in very handy, and so would the horizontal wood set.

 

[Hugo98]

I'm not exactly sure we really need a whole set.
For me it is rather individual parts of different styles that are simply still missing, but could fit well into a Europe pack due to the European architectural history.
I want to throw some things in here ...

Nature Stone Wall Set:
View attachment 274587 View attachment 274588
I'm just missing something like that. In Germany there are many historical buildings that were built on a natural stone foundation. Half-timbered buildings are known for it. Preferably natural in flexicolour. Of course we have the Asia stone wall, but it has a completely different texture.

Crumbled plaster with brickwall behind
View attachment 274589
This is also seen here relatively often, as many of the bricks were simply plastered over and nowadays the plaster simply crumbles off.
I could imagine patches of different sizes for walls.

Slate walls or gables
View attachment 274590View attachment 274591
I don't know if this is region-specific from here, but I could very well imagine something like that. Our family house has such gables. (and the neighbors too)
On an excursion to the Harz Mountains with a city tour, it was said, that slate was quarried in the region and those who could afford it then decorated their houses with it.
We were in Goslar at the time and the houses there have incredibly beautiful slate patterns.

Gable decorations
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We already have a few, but I could still imagine a few more simple variations.

Horizontal Wood Walls
View attachment 274594
This is actually the easiest. Simply turn the Arctik and Aquatic pack wall parts by 90 °. (and of course make the Arctik wood set flexicolour)
I still don't know exactly why we only have vertical wooden walls...

Reed Roofs
View attachment 274595
I know we already have 2 thatched roof sets, but reed is something completely different. It's much thicker, harder, and made from bundles of sticks. Absolutely typical for the north of Germany, and I mean also for the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden and Norway. And it is beautiful. When I see the picture, I immediately get a holiday mood.

Really good ideas, I would love to have all these pieces ingame.

 

[Roxxsmom]

I really love the Spanish style and Italian Villa type architecture, and I hope a European pack would have something like that in it. Tudor is cool too. And that Bavarian look up thread.

I agree with random goat that crumbled plaster, or plaster with bricks showing through would be fun and versatile. Maybe it would be possible to include some pieces that when combined with what's already in the game could be used to create more than one look?