Architecture

Lisnaholic · 12-08-2017, 03:32 PM

^ HaHa! Yes, I think anyone who comes near that stuff is very careful!
I wonder if the word "swarf" ever made it across the Atlantic? Somehow, I suspect not; even in England it didn't make it out of the factories up north afaik.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 01-21-2018, 02:03 PM

The Semperoper in Dresden, Germany.

School of Art & Science in Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK:

Love these.

Been following a development here for a while that I was planning on posting when it neared completion, but with the collapse of Carillian I don't know what is happening with it now. I was really excited about it.

**Frownland** · 01-21-2018, 06:26 PM

Chiomara · 01-22-2018, 02:56 PM

This was a very cathartic read: Why You Hate Contemporary Architecture

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This idea, that architecture should try to be “honest” rather than “beautiful,” is well expressed in an infamously heated 1982 debate at the Harvard School of Design between two architects, Peter Eisenman and Christopher Alexander. Eisenman is a well-known “starchitect” whose projects are inspired by the deconstructive philosophy of Jacques Derrida, and whose forms are intentionally chaotic and grating. Eisenman took his duty to create “disharmony” seriously: one Eisenman-designed house so departed from the normal concept of a house that its owners actually wrote an entire book about the difficulties they experienced trying to live in it. For example, Eisenman split the master bedroom in two so the couple could not sleep together, installed a precarious staircase without a handrail, and initially refused to include bathrooms. In his violent opposition to the very idea that a real human being might actually attempt to live (and crap, and have sex) in one of his houses, Eisenman recalls the self-important German architect from Evelyn Waugh’s novel Decline and Fall, who becomes exasperated the need to include a staircase between floors: “Why can’t the creatures stay in one place? The problem of architecture is the problem of all art: the elimination of the human element from the consideration of form. The only perfect building must be the factory, because that is built to house machines, not men.”

Alexander, by contrast, is one of the few major figures in architecture who believes that an objective standard of beauty is an important value for the profession; his buildings, which are often small-scale projects like gardens or schoolyards or homes, attempt to be warm and comfortable, and often employ traditional—what he calls “timeless”—design practices. In the debate, Alexander lambasted Eisenman for wanting buildings that are “prickly and strange,” and defended a conception of architecture that prioritizes human feeling and emotion. Eisenman, evidently trying his damnedest to behave like a cartoon parody of a pretentious artist, declared that he found the Chartres cathedral too boring to visit even once: “in fact,” he stated, “I have gone to Chartres a number of times to eat in the restaurant across the street — had a 1934 red Mersault wine, which was exquisite — I never went into the cathedral. The cathedral was done en passant. Once you’ve seen one Gothic cathedral, you have seen them all.” Alexander replied: “I find that incomprehensible. I find it very irresponsible. I find it nutty. I feel sorry for the man. I also feel incredibly angry because he is ****ing up the world.”

Chiomara · 01-22-2018, 04:14 PM

The Shah Cheragh in Shiraz:

Just imagine lying down in here at night while listening Tim Hecker's Virgins. I would die.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 01-22-2018, 04:26 PM

I approve.

Chiomara · 01-22-2018, 05:06 PM

Best cabins to get murdered in scored on a scale of 1-10:

9/10. Unnerving. Makes me think of a dental office in the underworld. David Lynch lives here.

A good traditional folk tale style murder spot. 9/10.

10/10. Inexplicably unsettling. If I saw this building in a dream I would run as far away as possible.

3/10. Boring. Looks like an abandoned forest condo that Gwenyth Paltrow might have rented when harvesting quail eggs for her $18,000 elixir of youth supplements or whatever it is she does.

DwnWthVwls · 01-23-2018, 03:43 PM

I love the second one. I wanna see the inside. Do you know where it is? If I could live in a place like that and have internet, I'd be set for life.

As for the rating system.. I think the first one is by far the creepiest. I could easily imagine a dead body and blood everywhere in that first image. It's really just asking to be the opening crime scene of some "artistic" psycho on Criminal Minds or something. That, or someone just hanging from the center light fixture(?).

~~MicShazam~~ · 01-23-2018, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Chiomara

A good traditional folk tale style murder spot. 9/10.

I don't find this one creepy at all. It's adorable! I seriously, no joke, want to live in a building like that.

Chiomara · 01-25-2018, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls

I love the second one. I wanna see the inside. Do you know where it is? If I could live in a place like that and have internet, I'd be set for life.

As for the rating system.. I think the first one is by far the creepiest. I could easily imagine a dead body and blood everywhere in that first image. It's really just asking to be the opening crime scene of some "artistic" psycho on Criminal Minds or something. That, or someone just hanging from the center light fixture(?).

It's located in the Bosnian woods.
"A magical cabin converted from a watermill by a Serbian painter whose father owned and operated minimills along this Bosnian river.”

Can't find a picture of the inside :c

Also there's an official cabin porn website apparently: Cabin Porn

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

I don't find this one creepy at all. It's adorable! I seriously, no joke, want to live in a building like that.

No you're right, it is adorable; I would kill to be able to live there. I can't think of a more ideal Chio dwelling.

12-08-2017, 03:32 PM	#101 (permalink)
Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	^ HaHa! Yes, I think anyone who comes near that stuff is very careful! I wonder if the word "swarf" ever made it across the Atlantic? Somehow, I suspect not; even in England it didn't make it out of the factories up north afaik. __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

01-21-2018, 06:26 PM	#103 (permalink)
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01-22-2018, 04:14 PM	#105 (permalink)
Chiomara mayor of spookytown Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 812	The Shah Cheragh in Shiraz: Just imagine lying down in here at night while listening Tim Hecker's Virgins. I would die. __________________ Χρυσοσανδαλαιμοποτιχθονία Tumblr - 8tracks - Spotify

01-22-2018, 05:06 PM	#107 (permalink)
Chiomara mayor of spookytown Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 812	Best cabins to get murdered in scored on a scale of 1-10: 9/10. Unnerving. Makes me think of a dental office in the underworld. David Lynch lives here. A good traditional folk tale style murder spot. 9/10. 10/10. Inexplicably unsettling. If I saw this building in a dream I would run as far away as possible. 3/10. Boring. Looks like an abandoned forest condo that Gwenyth Paltrow might have rented when harvesting quail eggs for her $18,000 elixir of youth supplements or whatever it is she does. __________________ Χρυσοσανδαλαιμοποτιχθονία Tumblr - 8tracks - Spotify

01-21-2018, 02:03 PM	#102 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	The Semperoper in Dresden, Germany. School of Art & Science in Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: Love these. Been following a development here for a while that I was planning on posting when it neared completion, but with the collapse of Carillian I don't know what is happening with it now. I was really excited about it.

01-22-2018, 04:26 PM	#106 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	I approve.