Architects Against Humanity

[George K]

https://twitter.com/arch_crimes

[mark]

That church looks like some kind of strange, giant porta-potty.

And WTF is up with the columns on that power station.

Both are examples of disposable architecture.

[Axtremus]

Church for which religion?
Power station … was it purposefully built as such or was it built for something else then repurposed to be a power station?

[Ivorythumper]

@George-K said in Architects Against Humanity:

https://twitter.com/arch_crimes

the why and how of this type of comparison was the subject of my diss.

[Ivorythumper]

And WTF is up with the columns on that power station.

Because it was "civic" architecture in service of the common good, and the classical ideal of Greek democracy and Roman civil order was encoded in just about all public architecture.

|>Both are examples of disposable architecture.

The classical power station could easily be repurposed as an office building, a retail-residential mixed use, a hotel, condos, etc. It is also going to weather much better than the concrete behemoth, which has limited reuse potential. The Classical building is much more sustainable and adaptable, and has a lower carbon footprint as well...

[Aqua Letifer]

I have a shitty bluetooth speaker in storage that looks a lot like that "church."

[Horace]

It has the same number of holes as a woman, and is meant to evoke images of Classical Greek goddesses such as Athena.

[jon-nyc]

@Ivorythumper said in Architects Against Humanity:

the why and how of this type of comparison was the subject of my diss.

Is that short for dissertation or do you call it that because you dissed all the other architects?

[Aqua Letifer]

@jon-nyc said in Architects Against Humanity:

@Ivorythumper said in Architects Against Humanity:

the why and how of this type of comparison was the subject of my diss.

Is that short for dissertation or do you call it that because you dissed all the other architects?

I had that exact question. My guess is that the answer is "yes."

[Ivorythumper]

@Aqua-Letifer said in Architects Against Humanity:

@jon-nyc said in Architects Against Humanity:

@Ivorythumper said in Architects Against Humanity:

the why and how of this type of comparison was the subject of my diss.

Is that short for dissertation or do you call it that because you dissed all the other architects?

I had that exact question. My guess is that the answer is "yes."

Yes, indeed.

[George K]

The Most Unsightly Building in Every State

[Copper]

@George-K said in Architects Against Humanity:

The Most Unsightly Building in Every State

We used to go to happy hour through that Star Gate 20+ years ago. I think it was a Friday's, it was something like that.

[LuFins Dad]

@George-K said in Architects Against Humanity:

The Most Unsightly Building in Every State

That list was pretty dumb. I’d say 50% of the buildings were typical office buildings for good or ill, and of the remainder, 40% were …interesting… but far from the ugliest in their state.