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Nope. Beauty (especially in architecture) is not nearly as subjective as pedants want to make it out to be. The overwhelming majority of Americans who have any
by llamaimperative 2y ago
Nope. Beauty (especially in architecture) is not nearly as subjective as pedants want to make it out to be.
The overwhelming majority of Americans who have any interest in city life find Brooklyn Heights, Prospect Heights, Carroll Gardens, Beacon Hill (Boston) and Rittenhouse Square (Philadelphia) to be beautiful.
What actually needs to happen is a cultural revamp of our architecture schools which have perpetuated this “subjective beauty” myth and turned architecture into an academic pissing contest instead of a system to build for human beings.
It is your specific viewpoint that perpetuates hideous building. It has infected every major architecture school in the nation except Notre Dame.
Go ahead and find me ONE person who prefers the beauty of a strip mall suburb to Brooklyn Heights. If it’s so subjective that oughta be easy!
- amazingamazing 2y ago> Nope. Beauty (especially in architecture) is not nearly as subjective as pedants want to make it out to be. The overwhelming majority of Americans who have any interest in city life find Brooklyn Heights, Prospect Heights, Carroll Gardens, Beacon Hill (Boston) and Rittenhouse Square (Philadelphia) to be beautiful. What actually needs to happen is a cultural revamp of our architecture schools which have perpetuated this “subjective beauty” myth and turned architecture into an academic pissing contest instead of a system to build for human beings. It is your specific viewpoint that perpetuates hideous building. It has infected every major architecture school in the nation except Notre Dame. Go ahead and find me ONE person who prefers the beauty of a strip mall suburb to Brooklyn Heights. If it’s so subjective that oughta be easy! This entire comment epitomizes my original point. Thanks for the laugh.
- llamaimperative 2y agoHere, let’s put it in data. What are the highest $/sqft (read: desirable) neighborhoods in every mature city in the country (old enough to have traditional local vernacular)? Shockingly, they’re all the ones with traditional, local vernacular architecture! Where’s your data that demonstrates beauty is subjective? Surely you can back up that claim, right?
- amazingamazing 2y ago> Where’s your data that demonstrates beauty is subjective? lol only on HN would someone demand data to demonstrate that beauty is subjective.
- llamaimperative 2y agoI suppose in the presence of overwhelming data to the contrary we just oughta take your word for it :) Have fun in your fantasy where nothing gets built!
- amazingamazing 2y agoI’ll be fine, I already own a few houses :). Enjoy the objective beauty in which no one disagrees!
- llamaimperative 2y agoHuh? What’s the relevance? I suspect this is just a super awkward brag in place of an argument but I ought to be sure.