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Anon's brother hates concrete (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 7 months ago by Early_To_Risa to c/greentext

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[–] Barbarian 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I think you may be confusing functionalism with brutalism. In the UK, these two styles were combined but that isn't necessarily true. Brutalist buildings can very much eschew function in order to be more imposing, memorable or unusual.

Functionalism is the style that is all about minimizing the resources used to get the most useful building you possibly can.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I know there's impractical brutalist buildings, but those are the big expensive projects, right? The cheap ones are practical as far as I knew

[–] Barbarian 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Yes, any architectural style can be practical, I'm just saying that the style you're actually advocating for is functionalism. I'd recommend doing some reading about it. I think you'd be a fan, considering you already seem to be in favour of all its core precepts.