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Can you explain why modernism is an "obvious disaster"?
by Randomswiss 8y ago
Can you explain why modernism is an "obvious disaster"?
- pjc50 8y agoThe "machine for living" philosophy is intended to be ergonomic, but is extremely rigid and therefore as soon as there are unanticipated needs it ends up anti-ergonomic. There is also a great tendency for modern architecture to be selected purely based on looks, which produces all kinds of strange anti-egonomic disasters. Libraries that echo. Office blocks that focus the sun onto random burning spots on the street. Then there's the effect of anti-ornamentation on the human psyche. I seem to remember that one of the modernist car parks in Britain was demolished partly because too many people were committing suicide from it.
- buboard 8y agohttps://i.redd.it/0j0or81mme721.jpg https://i.redd.it/0j0or81mme721.jpg