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There is a bank near my house that has a façade second floor. It makes no attempt to look real from any angle, not from the street nor the parking lot. You can
by donatj 4y ago
There is a bank near my house that has a façade second floor. It makes no attempt to look real from any angle, not from the street nor the parking lot. You can see right through the oversized glassless windows into the sky, beyond that the entire thing is wavy in an unpleasant way. It doesn’t even fit with the style of the rest of the building. My suspicion is it exists almost as a critique of the idea of façades? It’s the ugliest thing I have ever seen.
This is in my opinion the source of a lot of ugliness in our environment - reactionary design. Things designed not outright for function or purpose or hell even aesthetics. Things designed in reaction to previous trends. Soulless mocking critique.
- 62951413 4y agoSpeaking of banks. I am not sure about other states but in CA it is so common to see impressive buildings that used to be banks 100 years ago. They look almost like Greek temples. Recent examples that come to mind: Petaluma and Cambria. For some reason nowadays they host unremarkable shops while banks occupy nondescript building nearby.
- int_19h 4y agoCan you clarify what you mean by a "façade second floor"? To me, façade means front side of the building in general, regardless of how it's constructed.
- donatj 4y agoI mean it has a fake second story similar to the way many buildings in the old west did. https://lifedeathiron.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/ohio1.jpg?w=1228 https://lifedeathiron.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/ohio1.jpg?...