• Tess@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    9 hours

    I kind of like brutalist architecture, especially the interior design. It’s kind of soothing to be around, especially when it’s combined with plants.

      • underscores@lemmy.zipEnglish
        7 hours

        I love that aesthetic personally, especially compared to hyper clean hospital looking buildings

        • InfiniteStruggle@sh.itjust.works
          7 hours

          Not to mention, the Brutalist architecture interior will look the same in 20 years, while any other kind would just look dilapidated and aged as shit. As long as someone is living in there, concrete don’t age, son. And even if it falls apart, just make some more concrete to fill it in.

          • Eric@lemmy.blahaj.zone
            2 hours

            Maybe this is just my Northeast US prejudice, but brick is so much classier. Also concrete doesn’t age, but rebar sure does

            • Holytimes@sh.itjust.works
              2 hours

              Tell that to the romens, concrete ags fantastically if built for the purpose of lasting a long ass time.

              • Eric@lemmy.blahaj.zone
                2 hours

                Roman concrete is unreinforced, meaning no rebar inside to rust. You can’t use modern construction techniques with unreinforced concrete. It can’t handle tension well.

                • Test_Tickles@lemmy.world
                  2 hours

                  Seriously, there’s a reason we don’t “build like the Romans”. We would be using 10x the concrete that we use now. We can’t even keep up with concrete demand now, I can’t even imagine how much worse the environment would already be if we needed 10x the concrete.

  • VicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.works
    12 hours

    Someone in the 1930’s must have wanted to paint the Maginot Line. That was a long-ass line of brutal concrete structures. Maybe a snake, maybe rainbows. Imagine that France had a colorfully gay Great Wall.

      • The D Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netEnglish
        2 hours

        (the maginot line actually did its job of forcing the germans to attack through belgium. the real failure was in maintaining their relationship with belgium and tehn the french command structure being rather feckless)

      • Noodle07@lemmy.world
        9 hours

        Nah we french people need that hole to buy good beers and cigarettes for cheap

    • toynbee@piefed.socialEnglish
      10 hours

      Maybe a snake, maybe rainbows

      This is why I never found a pot of gold.

  • Apeman42@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14 hours

    I was told living in Legoland wasn’t actually an option. I feel lied to.

  • its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    13 hours

    When they were made brutalist buildings were supposed to be human centric structures. Made to be painted and gathered in.

    • tempest@lemmy.ca
      10 hours

      The problem with brutalism is they are playing with space and light that can look beautiful but looks like shit the minute humans actually live in them.

      Your big concrete box is cool but where do I put the fucking laser printer.

    • youcantreadthis@quokk.auEnglish
      10 hours

      Yeah and malls were supposed to be egalitarian public spaces with plants and housing.

      Can’t have nice things under capitalism.

      • Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz
        2 hours

        Most malls in China are built into residential towers. They sometimes have gardens and museums, but its a far cry from the archology visions that the architects of the first malls had.

    • Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      8 hours

      Idea: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

      Execution: 🌟🌟

      They are dark looming alien structures not fit for humans. If you don’t believe me go live in one. Visiting (or just seeing a photo) is clearly not enough