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One thing I find interesting about brutalist architecture is that the name originates from the term 'Béton brut', which translates to raw concrete. https://en.
by ortusdux 2y ago
One thing I find interesting about brutalist architecture is that the name originates from the term 'Béton brut', which translates to raw concrete.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9ton_brut https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9ton_brut
- czinck 2y agoYeah, I think this leads to some of the misconceptions about Brutalism. People think of the violent and aggressive connotations of the word, when it really just means "raw" like unpainted, or more accurately as opposed to the sculpted concrete of Art Deco. Being associated with Soviet and low-income apartment buildings, and urban decay in general, didn't help though.
- llamaimperative 2y agoAlso being generally hideous, inhumane, and poorly aging. Those don't help either.
- KevinMS 2y agoAnd when you dig even deeper, its not about raw concrete, its about honestly in materials. Some brutalist buildings are brick, as long as brink is doing its brick thing.