Old vs Modern Architecture.

Edited by Hellios - 26-Oct-2006 at 10:21

Edited by Hellios - 26-Oct-2006 at 11:14

New architecture is terrible.

Is such a feeling of death, of non-personal.

Unfortunately, new architects are the same ambitioned to get remarqued as businesspeople. A more humble architecture will not promote them, so they prefer to impress their public with their artifices but the buildings remain and the cities are so sad.

And I think it's to big Construction industry. I read that only in France each year 300.000 (three hundred thousands) neew buildings are made. In such rythm, the Earth surface will be more and more covered with buildings, the nature will be affected.

In regards to the organic building, I've heard that it's a growing trend (if not already a city ordinance) in the city of Chicago to place lush vegitation and greenery on the tops of all the buildings not just for aesthetic purposes alone.

In my country we call "shoe boxes" those ugly standarized appartment buildings like these

That is yet beautiful comparing to what are in Romania's cities.


Regarding "organic architecture", I dislike it.

It's a modern and ESTHETICAL concept, not linked with the ancient, healthy concepts of mixing nature with human habitat.

It's something new age which not follow human life improving but some kind of ideological system.
    

Edited by Menumorut - 26-Oct-2006 at 20:07

Cyrus, that building is quite something.  Do you have a rendering of how it will look when finished?

Edited by Hellios - 29-Oct-2006 at 10:22

Yeah, awesome!

Edited by Hellios - 29-Oct-2006 at 12:49