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When they were made brutalist buildings were supposed to be human centric structures. Made to be painted and gathered in.
The problem with brutalism is they are playing with space and light that can look beautiful but looks like shit the minute humans actually live in them.
Your big concrete box is cool but where do I put the fucking laser printer.
Yeah and malls were supposed to be egalitarian public spaces with plants and housing.
Can't have nice things under capitalism.
Most malls in China are built into residential towers. They sometimes have gardens and museums, but its a far cry from the archology visions that the architects of the first malls had.
I kinda love it. "We packed a town's worth of people in this building so we included a virtual town center in it as well"
Idea: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Execution: 🌟🌟
They are dark looming alien structures not fit for humans. If you don't believe me go live in one. Visiting (or just seeing a photo) is clearly not enough