4 ms·
tl;dr: The Cybertruck is not brutalist because it's designers do not promote the same politics as brutalist architects: > But Banham and his fellow brutalists
by jessriedel 7y ago
tl;dr: The Cybertruck is not brutalist because it's designers do not promote the same politics as brutalist architects:
> But Banham and his fellow brutalists had a purpose behind their intense design, something more than just a building.
> And on this, Pasnik, argues, the two groups — Brutalists and Tesla designers — couldn’t be more different....
> “The truck is consumerist, whereas brutalism’s monumentality is civic. The truck’s boldness serves the bravado of an individual, whereas brutalism’s visual power was meant to project the shared dignity of the public realm.”
- topspin 7y agoThat truck has induced an inordinate amount of navel-gazing.
- et2o 7y agoExcept all the first brutalist buildings were single family homes lol.
- equalunique 7y agoTo me the truck seems more in line with Futurism.
- NoodleIncident 7y ago> the sleek machined quality of the Cybertruck is ultimately a disqualifying characteristic
- jessriedel 7y agoThat's a terrible objection (and is not the primary one made in the article, hence "tl;dr"). Brutalist architecture is highly machined, and many famous examples are sleek, e.g., The Paulistano Athletic Club Gymnasium.