pseudo 21 points 5 months ago

I actually like it. It is upcycling for out of date brutalist buildings. When citizen got over there brutalist building we paint it with complex motiv and saturated colors and here we have: post-brutalism!

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P00ptart 11 points 5 months ago

Is art deco out of date? A few brutalist buildings in an area can look really cool.

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spicehoarder 9 points 5 months ago

The thing that always gets me about art deco and brutalism is that they're not mutually exclusive. Art deco is about patterns, shapes, and artistic expression. While brutalism is about construction methods and materials. Frank Lloyd Wright's work was brutalist and art deco.

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P00ptart 2 points 5 months ago

Agreed. But art deco goes beyond architecture and was used in other forms. Art deco radios, cars etc. but brutalism doesn't have a form of beauty when done right. It's just not used in other forms. You only see it in architecture. You could argue that the function over form aesthetic of some cars are brutalist, but I'd disagree. Those cars are made out of a purpose of being cheap, which is kind of brutalist adjacent ideology, but not really true in form. No-nonsense isn't the same thing as spartan design due to limited funds/technology.

Tldr: Brutalism gets a bad rap.

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FauxPseudo 3 points 5 months ago

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Einskjaldi 9 points 5 months ago

I actually like brutalism, it works in some places especially if you get lots of rain.

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ThoGot 2 points 5 months ago

Because it makes the city look even more gray?

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Einskjaldi 2 points 5 months ago

It has to have the right setting like a group of similar buildings together, then the larger shapes can really add a dimension you don't get from just regular commercial buildings.

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WaxRhetorical 7 points 5 months ago

There's a brutalist courthouse (of all places..) in Annecy, France that I honestly am a big fan of. Palais de Justice, Annecy

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errer 6 points 5 months ago

Kinda reminds me of Chicano Park

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megopie 6 points 5 months ago

Often, brutalist building were actually intended to be painted, but the painting got cut late in the construction process to save money since it wasn’t strictly necessary.

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jet 2 points 5 months ago

https://maps.app.goo.gl/E48bL5cRB1aHekkB9

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FauxPseudo 2 points 5 months ago

Yup. I've walked by it a few times. It's imposing from the outside.

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