Human Scale

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The concept of "human scale" is most known in urban design and architecture, but it provides a good framework to think about a lot of different aspects of our lives.

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The Humanise Campaign call for an end to boring buildings (humanise.org)

submitted 1 year ago by rglullis to c/humanscale

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[–] rglullis 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or if they are into some of that postmodern nonsense

The exact opposite. They call "boring" buildings as anything related to the "modern/post-modern" architecture, where everything is made of glass and steel, or just slabs of concrete that have no ornament whatsoever, or that is so detached from the local where it has been built that makes it impossible to know if the building is in Shaghai, Nairobi or Mexico City.

[–] adam_y@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Modernist architecture and post-modern architecture are almost polar opposites. They are not the same thing.

[–] adam_y@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here's the Piazza d'Italia. An example of post-modern architecture. You'll notice it doesn't lack ornament.

[–] rglullis 1 points 1 year ago

Yet, by the photo I'd certainly take it as an example of "post-modern" design. No place for people, not inviting. It seems like something attempting to impress outsider people passing by, not something made for people to stay and belong.