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They mess up the clean look in the renders.
by tpmx 5y ago
They mess up the clean look in the renders.
- omnicognate 5y agoAnd in real life. Having a bit of outdoor space is a huge quality of life improvement, hence their ubiquity in modern residential blocks (and I certainly don't begrudge them), but they ruin the look of a tower. Watching a nearby business district becoming increasingly residential over recent years has been like seeing it catch some sort of fungal infection as balconies sprout everywhere.
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- catlikesshrimp 5y agoShould the residents be concerned with how the building looks from afar? As you said, it is quality of life for them.
- omnicognate 5y agoThat's entirely up to them. I didn't say, or mean to imply, that my aesthetic experience of their building should matter to its residents at all. I think it should matter to its architects and to city planners, but I don't think that implies such things shouldn't be built. It's a trade-off, and as I said I don't begrudge anybody their outside space.
- cookieswumchorr 5y agoit depends on the climate. In Russia, for example, balconies in old panel buildings are either used for storage, or converted to an unheated exra room, with wood and glass railings, which are different for every apartment. This makes the house look like a vertical favela.
- vaccarium 5y ago(off-topic question: do you come from Murmansk, by any chance? That username sounds familiar :)
- cookieswumchorr 5y agonah, just been there as a tourist a couple of times...
- timeon 5y ago> it depends on the climate. There are quite generous balconies in Tromsø.