Comments on: The clash of any idealism with recalcitrant reality

By: CVLR

CVLR — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 23:02:59 +0000

Sam,

I was thinking of just that building.

By: Sam J.

Sam J. — Thu, 29 Nov 2018 10:35:52 +0000

I agree that most are ugly. I like the idea of low cost housing. I think it could be done and maybe with a little style added in. Some of the brutalism stuff really looks good to me though. I’m not sure why. One of the more successful one was “Habitat 67″ in Montreal. The houses are very livable and while built to be low cost the rents are higher than average because they are built in such a way that everyone gets a good amount of space and light compared to a normal apartment which is just boxes. These were mass produced and stacked on each other.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ePYLSsvhaQM/TNSD6MvaHiI/AAAAAAAABAQ/xPfxR4_ugyo/s1600/Picture+5.png

https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2014/09/Habitat-67-Brutalism-feature_dezeen_468_1.jpg

See how most everyone has a nice little patio. I think there are some green common areas also.

Of course it doesn’t compare to one of my all time favorite buildings. The Temple of Hera in Italy.

https://classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/402/flashcards/1224402/jpg/temple_of_hera_ii1329889874001.jpg

By: CVLR

CVLR — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 19:34:37 +0000

Sam,

There are one or two which elicited a reaction sort of like, “oh hey, neat”, at least at first. But I look a little longer and they all become stone-cold fugly. It would be great if we could have a renaissance of Roman-style architecture with stone enhanced by modern materials, I think.

By: Sam J.

Sam J. — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 06:10:11 +0000

There haven’t been a lot of comments on this series on Russian terrorism and populism. I don’t have anything to add but that they are interesting and entertaining.

I will leave you with a few pictures of Soviet style Brutalism monuments and building which is fantastic.

It may seem off topic but it’s not at all if you read a little about the Soviets dreams about housing, Brutalism, simplistic, non-adorned building structure for living was like porn to the Soviets. HOUSING for the PEOPLE! They ate this stuff up. Yes I know it may be a little weird but the first thing that popped into my head when you said Russian Populism was Brutalist Architecture.

Now brutalism can be a nightmare when they turn the building into an unusable machine but done right, it’s most pleasant. The Soviets went from a LOT of their people living in tents and shacks to massive amounts of shared kitchen, mass apartments. Where they fell down was these were built to be temporary. They were a great achievement where they were coming from but as soon as possible the plan was to build more with a more western style built in kitchen for each family but…finances intervened and a lot of these never got built.

https://weburbanist.com/2015/10/19/brutalist-but-beautiful-12-spacey-sci-fi-soviet-structures/

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/af/a2/2f/afa22feffba30d77a4fc76d875b60ef4–russian-constructivism-architecture-brutal-architecture.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/05/02/cb/0502cb7c77ef6f6337c2e139d4a80fc7.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/96/58/40/965840a6608ab7505679ab2bdfe45604.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d0/97/1f/d0971f8cedc3271929671fe74f960fd4.jpg

https://deliriumclemensdotnet.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/slideshow_azw_slideshow_07.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/59/f1/ee/59f1eec5b04751181274e828b06f3d35–samara-brutalism.jpg

http://www.robotspacebrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Abandoned-Soviet-Monuments-6.jpg

https://noflytripping.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/dsc01016-large.jpg

http://www.robotspacebrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Abandoned-Soviet-Monuments-3.jpg

http://transversealchemy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/25D025A825D1258325D025BC25D025B525D025BD_252C_25D0259125D1258A25D025BB25D025B325D025B025D1258025D025B825D1258F_OKT_1993_-_1300_years_of_Bulgaria_Monument_Shumen.-2.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/5b/fd/4e/5bfd4ec7783df4fa15dba058d95c7055–holocaust-victims-brutalism.jpg