Here's a project they did in Beijing -Any buildings in real life with those kinds of green areas? I feel like i see those a lot in renders or maquettes but never in real life.
Brutalism can be good, the challenge with it is it's very in your face about it's utility (perceived) and material choice, so the design itself has to be well thought or it's just gonna be bulky horrific nightmare fuel.Brutalism is the fucking worst. I don't understand how this style was ever considered a good idea, unless it was just cheap. Even then, is it worth destroying the appearance of your city for a century?
Brutalism can be good, the challenge with it is it's very in your face about it's utility (perceived) and material choice, so the design itself has to be well thought or it's just gonna be bulky horrific nightmare fuel.
Check out some of these examples here, they're pretty neat IMO
https://www.creativebloq.com/features/10-iconic-examples-of-brutalist-architecture
Habitat 67, Montreal
Western City Gate, Belgrade
SESC Pompeia, Sao Paulo
I like it a lot.
I like most (all?) of their projects that I've seen.
A bunch of really cool ones in Beijing.
Here's a project they did in Beijing -
I think these things never looks as good as concept images, but they do have a history of using green spaces really well in their projects.
I didn't know that overlapped prism style had a name, makes sense though, I've seen it used a couple times before. Sustainable architecture is the future for sure, specifically infrastructure and public areas IMO.I like this Shenzhen building even as a Brutalist hipster.
Glad to see Habitat 67 posted. I love green architecture in general.
Not Brutalist or uh, whatever the Shenzen building style is called, geometric futurism? This is the "Vertical Forest" in Milan.
More often than not it was chosen as an excuse to reduce costs. Or it was used to give an imposing air or to intimidate passerby, which I believe a disservice to the style which was supposed to be about honesty and showcasing concrete as a beautiful material.Agreed, these are much more interesting than most of the brutalism that I've seen, which is are just rectangular concrete buildings.
Concrete was prevalent everywhere back in the day. Now we know it is an incredibly environmentally-unfriendly material - that one aspect of brutalism will likely keep it from ever coming back, unless someone decides to make an environmentally sound substitute of concrete.Brutalism is the fucking worst. I don't understand how this style was ever considered a good idea, unless it was just cheap. Even then, is it worth destroying the appearance of your city for a century?
Brutalism is the fucking worst. I don't understand how this style was ever considered a good idea, unless it was just cheap. Even then, is it worth destroying the appearance of your city for a century?
If you go by real estate hype reels, Beijing has the best air quality in the world lol.Woah, did they wait a clear day to take that, lol. Honestly in my brief stay in Beijing, the only clear days were the super windy ones. I've actually be around there, and it looks pretty good especially at night.
It was announced earlier that Zaha Hadid Architects will build Tower C (both towers named this) at Shenzhen Bay Super Headquarters Base after winning a design competition. Thoughts era arch nerds?
They completed this last year.
Looks amazing to me, like a mix of a steppe
no why
There is nothing that reminds you you're under the heel of the government than Boston's brutalist city hall and all of those buildings around New England built in the 60s/70s.
I can't think of any theme that captures systemic racism more than fucking brutalist police HQs from the 70s.
just these towering concrete monstrosities that turn any blue sky gray
lol, love working in Blade Runner to the concept art. So future. 😎
Public spaces. Believe it or not, in the Before Times people used to do this. This being China I expect old people playing mahjong and doing tai chi.I don't understand all of these meandering walkways to nowhere amongst the green space. Unless they're jogging paths or something, who is ever going to use them? The rendering shows people milling around them, but they're just doing nothing? Like who is going to say "Hey meet me on the third-and-a-half floor walkway during lunch and we'll just chill"?
My point was more of why make your greenspace all these thin little pathways layered on top of each other rather than one big one? Who has room for anything more than mallwalking on those pathways?Public spaces. Believe it or not, in the Before Times people used to do this. This being China I expect old people playing mahjong and doing tai chi.
Check out my mans going for shousangen + honitsu. The mad lad.
Looking around briefly it looks like the current trend. Green walkways and layers.My point was more of why make your greenspace all these thin little pathways layered on top of each other rather than one big one? Who has room for anything more than mallwalking on those pathways?