And if you don’t, why you should…

  • SirLotsaLocks
    3·
    4 years ago

    While I get where they’re coming from I do like brutalism to an extent and modern “block” architecture a lot. when they compared these two

    I personally prefer the second one. Do I think that all buildings should be brutalist or blocky? no, but they have their place and it isn’t insigificant. I also like this too

    I personally dislike the “extra-ness” of a lot of classic architecture. I will definitely agree that cityscapes are bland and lost most sense of uniqueness, but I do not think that the solution is regression to classic architecture. I think they also left out a lot of the more friendly contemporary architecture like these and this

    • MayaOP
      4·
      4 years ago

      then it comes down to the principles, then–let’s set aside objective superiority. if most people like the older looks, should they be made to live and work around buildings that they find unpleasant? (and it really is an active dislike–I look at your last example and on an instinctive level feel that cantilevered (?) projection is threatening me, like it can choose to crush me if I walk under it) or is it problematic that this leads to Kincadeification? then again, is that different than architects’ being constrained by the current expectation of what a contemporary building should look like?

      • SirLotsaLocks
        3·
        4 years ago

        That’s true about people being able to work in a place they love, I think it would be a fun challenge to see if you could create a city with a mix of these different styles in a way that everyone can enjoy to an extent

        • MayaOP
          4·
          4 years ago

          agreed! and I’ll confess that while I know it’s a cliche to more learned people, “brutalism but covered in plants” can appeal to even me :)

          • SirLotsaLocks
            3·
            4 years ago

            I think a lot of why I like brutalism is it gives off faint retro-futurism vibes. Like a cool future dystopia or an evil megacorp headquarters. like this

            • MayaOP
              2·
              4 years ago

              Ahh see that makes me want to run screaming into the forest, so, potato potato

    • ksynwa
      2·
      4 years ago

      The example of the the barcelona hospital is probably an extreme anti-modern anomaly. Brutalist architecture do make better use of spatial constraints though.