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Post World War II architecture is a blight. For whatever reason, engineers who believe art is a scientifically unprovable fiction chose to play artist en masse

Post World War II architecture is a blight. For whatever reason, engineers who believe art is a scientifically unprovable fiction chose to play artist en masse with civilization's buildings. Likewise, people who hate the precedent of architecture (and the precedent of nearly everything else) chose en masse to play architect for future generations. The results litter the present landscape like jagged, half-knocked-out teeth. These buildings cannot return to the earth quick enough.

freehunter 11y ago
So many buildings in my city that look they they came out of a Soviet country where the sky is gray, the food is gray, and our souls are gray. Dreary, bland, concrete slabs 10 stories high. Something that millions of people have to look at every day, but the architect didn't plan the aesthetics of for 20 seconds. It was designed to be functional, like an economy car. What way is that to live? At least the Chevy Aveo will break down and be gone in 5 years. The building named after the law firm that occupies it will stand for 50, maybe 100 years of bleak, boring, oppressiveness. And people wonder why cities have graffiti artists. They're not tagging Gothic churches or glass-and-steel art museums, they're just removing hideous concrete blobs from the city we all share.
- rawTruthHurts 11y ago
  "And people wonder why cities have graffiti artists." To be honest, I always thought it was more about territorial pissings.
  - JoeAltmaier 11y ago
    Are you thinking of tagging? That's definitely the case. But wall-sized murals, train-car collages, pavement trompe l'oeil are all there because an inspired artist had to express themselves.
placeybordeaux 11y ago
Are you talking about brutalism? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutalist_architecture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutalist_architecture I kind of like the style, but am glad to not have it surrounding me. Honestly modern walls of glass are pretty boring. For anyone else that likes brutalism: https://instagram.com/thisbrutallife/ https://instagram.com/thisbrutallife/

freehunter 11y ago

So many buildings in my city that look they they came out of a Soviet country where the sky is gray, the food is gray, and our souls are gray. Dreary, bland, concrete slabs 10 stories high. Something that millions of people have to look at every day, but the architect didn't plan the aesthetics of for 20 seconds. It was designed to be functional, like an economy car. What way is that to live? At least the Chevy Aveo will break down and be gone in 5 years. The building named after the law firm that occupies it will stand for 50, maybe 100 years of bleak, boring, oppressiveness. And people wonder why cities have graffiti artists. They're not tagging Gothic churches or glass-and-steel art museums, they're just removing hideous concrete blobs from the city we all share.

rawTruthHurts 11y ago
"And people wonder why cities have graffiti artists." To be honest, I always thought it was more about territorial pissings.
- JoeAltmaier 11y ago
  Are you thinking of tagging? That's definitely the case. But wall-sized murals, train-car collages, pavement trompe l'oeil are all there because an inspired artist had to express themselves.

placeybordeaux 11y ago

Are you talking about brutalism? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutalist_architecture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutalist_architecture I kind of like the style, but am glad to not have it surrounding me. Honestly modern walls of glass are pretty boring. For anyone else that likes brutalism: https://instagram.com/thisbrutallife/ https://instagram.com/thisbrutallife/