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[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Me: "Perhaps we should put function ahead of form"

Lemmy: "No"

[-] Dasnap@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

There is a middle ground. Living in a concrete block city probably isn't the best for your mental health.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Show me an office tower that is not built with wrought iron and concrete. The thing people don't like about Brutalism is its honesty. If a layer of chinzy art deco spray painted Styrofoam is the difference between making it through the day and cracking up, you've got bigger problems.

This also heavily undersells how beautiful a clever concrete structure can be. I'll take eye-popping geometries of stone over flat texture-less mirror-window walls any day.

[-] fallingcats@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 months ago

Nope, would look better with a paint job

[-] Agrivar@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

The university I attended was almost entirely composed of brutalist buildings, and I loved it.

[-] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee -2 points 4 months ago
this post was submitted on 29 Jul 2024
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