| @philtecturophy wanted a thread about architecture, but that's honestly not really my thing, so the best I can do is ask you all what your favorite buildings are around the world. I think a lot of us may be a bit biased about our favorite buildings since we've mostly been exposed to those from our home countries but that doesn't matter, still share your favs! And if you want to discuss architecture along the way, go ahead! An easy answer for me could Le Château Frontenac Or Habitat 67, a residential complex in Montreal I'm kinda curious to know what @philtecturophy might think of |
| These are probably more sentimental to me rather than beauty of structures etc. This one doesn't exist anymore, but the Dallas Sportatorium, Texas USA. It was a very iconic building and I love hearing some stories surrounding it. Also If you watched the movie The Iron Claw it featured in that too (a reconstruction of it anyway). Dinosaur Isle Museum, Isle of Wight UK. Always loved how it looks, as it was purposely made to look like a pterosaur. I'd seen some inside shots of it too, and thought it looked awesome. I was actually going to have work experience here in 2004, but got sick and couldn't go. Went there in August this year and was....a little disappointed. |
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fleurbleue said: Or Habitat 67, a residential complex in Montreal I'm kinda curious to know what @philtecturophy might think of SIX SEVEN Anyway, I'll go Moscow State University building. So sublime, I can feel the communism coursing through my veins whenever I look at it. |
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| The house I live in is my favorite building. |
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fleurbleue said:
Or Habitat 67, a residential complex in Montreal I'm kinda curious to know what @philtecturophy might think of
Or Habitat 67, a residential complex in Montreal I'm kinda curious to know what @philtecturophy might think of
SIX SEVEN
Anyway, I'll go Moscow State University building. So sublime, I can feel the communism coursing through my veins whenever I look at it.
SaiteiDaOrette said: 💀I see you've been infected with the TikTok brainrot. SIX SEVEN |
| I prefer all sorts of shopping malls. I also like creepy abandoned haunted locations, because I am a lover of the horror genre. |
| I LICK POTATOES. O__O |
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SaiteiDaOrette said:
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💀I see you've been infected with the TikTok brainrot. SIX SEVEN
fleurbleue said: 💀I see you've been infected with the TikTok brainrot. I have come to terms with the absurdity of the world we live in. There is no escaping it anymore. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to steal some Tralalero Tralalas on Roblox. |
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| My house rn. I don't really care about buildings that much unless I have an emotional attachment to them |
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| I like the old US historic downtown kinda look. If you follow the Amtrak lines or the National Landmark stuff and look for small downtowns you should find some examples. Examples of larger buildings kinda like this: First is Patee House; second is the MSU Riley Center. Now also note that these places aren't run down like most small US downtowns are. I also like the look of the Alhambra: I also like those classical or neoclassical looking buildings like a lot of museums or government buildings. |
Baskarite said: I'd probably kill myself if fucking kyun kyun came on over the speaker while I was trying to fight. |
| I probably would have to go with Big Ben if that counts as a building, I've always been a sucker for clocks! 🤩 |
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| Let's talk a bit about Habitat 67, your favorite architecture, and my idea if I were to redesign this using my approach. The existing is quite interesting, I never quite studied it in depth. Basically it is a stacked prefab concrete boxes, and the stacking system was made such that the roof of one unit became the private garden for the unit above it. As an idea, if I were to redesign it, I could imagine this to be parametrically designed, such that the design variables can be the rotation or shifting of the stacking between the module below and above each other, such that it maximize the total area of the garden (which is aligned with what the original architect design intent, but he did it manually), minimize budget (perhaps with respect to varying size of modules, say assume 5 module types with varying prefab budgets, which make it an integer programming problem), maximizing thermal comfort (need to calculate OTTV, say different 5 modules with different opening strategies and orientation due to rotational variable would make varying OTTV values between modules), while structurally feasible (say such as von mises stress constraint if the modules made by steel frame elements as the structural elements, which are easier to prefab). This would make an interesting multi objective optimization model (including the aspects of structure, aesthetic, comfort, building performance, and construction budget), and we can solve it using optimization algorithm such as sequential quadratic programming, or even better to use genetic algorithm, or mixed algorithm between the two. I wouldn't say this would be the best method to design this, but this would make a systematic approach that combines multidisciplinary knowledge (architecture, particularly computational design, structural engineering, building performance, and mathematics) to results in design process that is holistically integrated (unlike the typical conventional design process that usually is separated between fields), the results would be much more effective with respects to those objective functions, and the overall project's cost, as compared to design based on mere "feeling" without a more objective approach, also working separately between fields (bad collaboration) Btw all that approach is schematic design phase, which is more or less 70% that will determine your project success in terms of budget, and achieving design intent |
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| Exterior? Angkor Wat or alike. Interior? Some opera house, can't decide which one, maybe Vienna's. Architecture in general? I like modern Norwegian architecture. But really, it's impossible to pick something. How would you compare castles, cathedrals, railway stations and skyscrapers? Not even speaking of cool industrial buildings. Red-brick sunlit factories with huge ornate windows, massive submarine docks and spaceship hangars, brutal grey dams where the ground is trembling of the nature's roar being tamed beneath... they all have own charm. |
| Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. |
| personally I'm very into sustainable architecture atm. there are so many beautiful building in the world.. St. Patrick's Cathedral, Praça do Comércio, Gateway Arch, Al Khazneh, Paro Taktsang, Nido de Quetzalcóatl, Versailles,, etc. for those with a hint of interest in architecture, I watched a series called HOME (2020) that features some unique architects and I'd recommend it. |
I'm a man who enjoys simple things like Denji's house on the edge of a cliff  |
| Habitat 67 is a good choice of interesting building, I have always liked it. I recently got a small picture book about Italian Brutalist buildings (can be found on eBay or amazon) Most of my favorite are modern brutalist designs, like Corbusier style. I design a lot of my own, usually drawings but sometimes on Sketchup |
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