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As much as I claim to like brutalitism as a design philosophy, I do think we could bring back some things like classic marble architecture. Maybe some new fount

As much as I claim to like brutalitism as a design philosophy, I do think we could bring back some things like classic marble architecture. Maybe some new fountains

ekianjo 3y ago
there is no money for that anymore
user_7832 3y ago
Perhaps brutalism is common where you live, but here in the Netherlands I would love to see more brutalist architecture as it is at the very least distinct. All houses here are (legally mandated almost) to have the same brick brown color.
braza 3y ago
I see it in another way: in the past aesthetics and the richness in the detail was beloved to connected with the divine and sublime, and in a more contemporary times is related something more experimental. However, in the modern world with set of regulations plus complexities with urban places, and cost of build is not viable to have such so great ornaments around. For instance: one of most recognised and awarded architects had a lot of criticism[1] due to a new set requirements for urban life. [1] - https://foreignpolicy.com/slideshow/the-dark-side-of-oscar-niemeyer/ https://foreignpolicy.com/slideshow/the-dark-side-of-oscar-n...
juggertao 3y ago
Classic marble architecture is considered racist and white supremacy adjacent these days. https://intersectionist.medium.com/american-power-structures-white-columns-white-marble-white-supremacy-d43aa091b5f9 https://intersectionist.medium.com/american-power-structures... https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2018/11/how-classical-architecture-became-weapon-far-right https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2018/11/how-classical-...
- TacticalCoder 3y ago
  > Classic marble architecture is considered racist and white supremacy adjacent these days. Probably by some insane woke ultra-leftists. Romans had white marbles. Romans also had black emperors, from Africa (yes, really). You have to have a serious sick mind to believe "white" means "white supremacy" and that anything "black" means oppression towards black people. I think a talk should be had about the Ottoman entire, when non-white people ruled a great part of the world, including Europe and had, shocker... Wait for it... White people as slaves. Wow. What do the woke have to say about that? How comes we're not asking for retribution, today, to turkish people for the white people their ancestors used to have as slaves? One of my brother married a japanese woman and another brother had a kid with an african woman. So my kid's two cousins are half-asian and half-african. We speak several languages at home. We've lived in four countries. And I despise this cancer on earth that are woke leftists.
- zilti 3y ago
  At this point there is so much that is claimed to be racist that the word is just about to lose it's meaning

As much as I claim to like brutalitism as a design philosophy, I do think we could bring back some things like classic marble architecture. Maybe some new fountains

ekianjo 3y ago

there is no money for that anymore

user_7832 3y ago

Perhaps brutalism is common where you live, but here in the Netherlands I would love to see more brutalist architecture as it is at the very least distinct. All houses here are (legally mandated almost) to have the same brick brown color.

braza 3y ago

I see it in another way: in the past aesthetics and the richness in the detail was beloved to connected with the divine and sublime, and in a more contemporary times is related something more experimental. However, in the modern world with set of regulations plus complexities with urban places, and cost of build is not viable to have such so great ornaments around. For instance: one of most recognised and awarded architects had a lot of criticism[1] due to a new set requirements for urban life. [1] - https://foreignpolicy.com/slideshow/the-dark-side-of-oscar-niemeyer/ https://foreignpolicy.com/slideshow/the-dark-side-of-oscar-n...

juggertao 3y ago

Classic marble architecture is considered racist and white supremacy adjacent these days. https://intersectionist.medium.com/american-power-structures-white-columns-white-marble-white-supremacy-d43aa091b5f9 https://intersectionist.medium.com/american-power-structures... https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2018/11/how-classical-architecture-became-weapon-far-right https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2018/11/how-classical-...

TacticalCoder 3y ago
> Classic marble architecture is considered racist and white supremacy adjacent these days. Probably by some insane woke ultra-leftists. Romans had white marbles. Romans also had black emperors, from Africa (yes, really). You have to have a serious sick mind to believe "white" means "white supremacy" and that anything "black" means oppression towards black people. I think a talk should be had about the Ottoman entire, when non-white people ruled a great part of the world, including Europe and had, shocker... Wait for it... White people as slaves. Wow. What do the woke have to say about that? How comes we're not asking for retribution, today, to turkish people for the white people their ancestors used to have as slaves? One of my brother married a japanese woman and another brother had a kid with an african woman. So my kid's two cousins are half-asian and half-african. We speak several languages at home. We've lived in four countries. And I despise this cancer on earth that are woke leftists.
zilti 3y ago
At this point there is so much that is claimed to be racist that the word is just about to lose it's meaning