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Yay Brutalism!
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Yay more nuclear power!
1. John Judis should not be taken seriously if he’s saying “OK, my last prediction of the future failed, but you should really believe this one.”
2. Your love of brutalism suggests you need therapy; I expect there was some hidden childhood trauma that caused such psychological damage.
1. Yeah, some humility might be called for. I took it more to be “Why the EDP might not be what I thought it was” but the wording is more assertive than that.
2. Why do you hate honesty in architecture?
I think “honesty” in architecture fits right in with all the talk about “authenticity” in food. It’s pretentious, and it ignores the purpose of buildings. To paraphrase Jesus, architecture was made for mankind, not mankind for architecture. I just don’t get what’s “dishonest” about manipulating materials to make something aesthetically beautiful, or well-designed for the emotional benefit and pleasure of the people who will use it.
Do we insist on undyed leather for our shoes? Undyed cotton and wool for our clothes? Are the interiors of these buildings “honest,” with untreated walls and floors? I really think “honesty” is an architectural conceit, for artists who want to demonstrate how superior they are to the masses by making buildings that the masses dislike–the harder it is for people to understand and like, the farther the architect is from the masses, so the more rarefied must be the strata he occupies.
Make buildings for the people who occupy them–that’s the function, and the form should follow that. That still leaves plenty of room for experimentation and individuality.
I have strong opinions on this. 😉
James,
http://www.ted.com/talks/marc_kushner_why_the_buildings_of_the_future_will_be_shaped_by_you