I'm not entitled to say so definitively, but Wakanda, to me, appears to be vaguely patronizing (I would hesitantly say flanderized?) if taken seriously as in th

I'm not entitled to say so definitively, but Wakanda, to me, appears to be vaguely patronizing (I would hesitantly say flanderized?) if taken seriously as in this context, in the same way that depictions of Neo-Tokyo with giant Torii gates and lanterns and whatnot are (that's not to say it's not fun for some to look at). If you were to envisage a future for, say Australian Aboriginals, the first thing you might turn to wouldn't be, say, laser boomerangs and cave-painting graffiti on alley walls. But anyway, it's not my culture, so it's not for me to say it is so definitively. I am aware that the production of Black Panther involved a decent non-white cohort of people, but I am also trying to distinguish between the usage of cultural stereotypes for easy visual recognition in entertainment (generally accepted) vs. in real life (possibly disrespectful). On a broader note, it seems to me that boring glass box skyscrapers aren't so much a non-afrofuturist thing as much a reflection that they optimize for space, maximize views and are easy to clean. Round towers have been demonstrated to be difficult to furnish. I think this ruthless optimization for low costs drives how a lot of today looks. A note must also be made on greenwashing, which is widespread in architecture design spaces, with certain firms liberally daubing structures with hanging greenery. Often these turn out not to be quite as practical in real life.