I always hear people shitting on it online, but the first person I ever heard express that opinion (and the only person I’ve ever known irl) who had a very intense hatered of brutalist architecture just thought it was really ugly, but he was definitely not opposed to corporate interests.
Tbf to him, he was honestly passionate about architectural beauty, but kind of oblivious at best to profit driven causes of human suffering.
I went to undergrad at a university that had a lot of brutalist architecture buildings, so I guess kind of have fond memories of it for those reasons, but if it was all I was surrounded by I could see that being super depressing. (Edit: actually just searched for the main building I was thinking of and my first thought looking back at it was “ughh” so almost definitely just nostalgia clouding my memory of the actual architecture).
I honestly don’t know much about the history of architecture, but I also really like mid century homes. For some reason I always kind of broadly associate the two.
I really have never understood the intense hate brutalist* architecture gets.
But also honestly kinda love this. Almost reminds me of neo-Andean architecture
It’s the feelings it evokes on people. Brutalist architecture is very offputting.
The complete lack of any ornamentation reminds you of corporate architecture. Profit over all vibes.
Ok, I can see that. Makes a lot of sense.
I always hear people shitting on it online, but the first person I ever heard express that opinion (and the only person I’ve ever known irl) who had a very intense hatered of brutalist architecture just thought it was really ugly, but he was definitely not opposed to corporate interests.
Tbf to him, he was honestly passionate about architectural beauty, but kind of oblivious at best to profit driven causes of human suffering.
I went to undergrad at a university that had a lot of brutalist architecture buildings, so I guess kind of have fond memories of it for those reasons, but if it was all I was surrounded by I could see that being super depressing. (Edit: actually just searched for the main building I was thinking of and my first thought looking back at it was “ughh” so almost definitely just nostalgia clouding my memory of the actual architecture).
I honestly don’t know much about the history of architecture, but I also really like mid century homes. For some reason I always kind of broadly associate the two.
Brutalist architecture gives depression