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>Why not just get them painted by some artist? Over here in Germany they do this in quite some cities: http://frankkoebsch.wordpress.com/2012/10/05/bemalte-tr

by iSnow 12y ago

>Why not just get them painted by some artist? Over here in Germany they do this in quite some cities: http://frankkoebsch.wordpress.com/2012/10/05/bemalte-trafohauser-2/ http://frankkoebsch.wordpress.com/2012/10/05/bemalte-trafoha... http://www.juliusbaasner.com/architektur.php?projekt=1 http://www.juliusbaasner.com/architektur.php?projekt=1 http://www.appolloart.com/2014/04/28/stadtwerke-bernau-lieben-es-auch-verspielt/ http://www.appolloart.com/2014/04/28/stadtwerke-bernau-liebe... One can debate how beautiful the results turned out but some painted transformer stations or communications boxes gave me a smile upon seeing them here in Berlin.

holajr 12y ago
Living in Taiwan this was also the first thought that came to my head: Isn't there already an efficient, sympathetic, and good solution to this problem? Painted Box (Taiwan): http://bit.ly/1if5VOb http://bit.ly/1if5VOb Painted Boxes (World): http://www.ettoday.net/news/20130828/262333.htm http://www.ettoday.net/news/20130828/262333.htm Painted Boxes (London): http://www.fundesign.tv/view.php?aid=3893 http://www.fundesign.tv/view.php?aid=3893 I would much rather see a mural that offers a reprieve from its surroundings than to at some point realise the concrete ugliness I'm staring at is simply a facade created to ensure my vision of any concrete ugliness is not, in fact, obscured.
Aqwis 12y ago
Reminds me of the painted high rises in Prague: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Jahodov%C3%A1_od_Pra%C5%BEsk%C3%A9.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Jahodov%C... Just painting harsh concrete architecture with some simple patterns can make it a lot more pleasant and humane.