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A fun anecdote from my youth near a US seaboard was that our elementary and middle school buildings were designed by the same person who designed a few prisons
by meekrohprocess 6y ago
A fun anecdote from my youth near a US seaboard was that our elementary and middle school buildings were designed by the same person who designed a few prisons around the area.
When I bounced around cities later in life, I was surprised at how many of my peers said the same thing as a conversation piece.
Maybe they used the same governmental bidding process. "Needed: a building. One food preparation and eating area. Hallways suitable for lining up and proceeding in rows with many small rooms. One yard with sporting facilities."
- kiba 6y agoIt's a series of boxes. That's the default setting for buildings.
- avs733 6y agoCheapest as well
- KingMachiavelli 6y agoBoth are often government contracts so they are often going to attract the same firms and contractors. They share a lot of the same requirements; large and cheap. The exterior facade needs to be easy to construct and unremarkable in that government building kind of way.