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>This makes it appropriate for buildings that are looking to evoke anti-human ideals; churches and monasteries Have you seen an actual monastery? An actual old
by tomjen3 5y ago
>This makes it appropriate for buildings that are looking to evoke anti-human ideals; churches and monasteries
Have you seen an actual monastery? An actual old church (at least 700 years) kept in its original style?
They are as far as you can get from just utilitarian, to the point that they are impractial in many ways.
Nobody needs, or have any use for, a 120 foot ceiling, except to impress visitors by showing them the glory of God. Nobody needs the entire outside of the building having a row of stone Gargoyles hand carved in the smallest details, but they are there.
- michaelscott 5y agoI'm talking about brutalism as a chosen approach for an architect and where that approach is most appropriate for a building. It doesn't mean that all churches or monasteries should be brutalist (obviously), I'm saying it's one of the use cases for a new piece of architecture where brutalism makes sense.