You can make a building not ugly for no extra cost, all it takes is not letting a batshit insane architect anywhere near the project.
And actually a lot of modernist buildings are incredibly impractically designed too, resulting in more expensive maintenance; there's a reason why for a lot of human history buildings have looked somewhat similar, and it's not just because of technology.
I park my car in the parking lot of the modern, recently built library of my town.
For some reason they surrounded that place with this very smooth, shiny type of tile. All around the building, even the stairs leading down to the parking area, the little outisde chilling place too.
The freaking moment it gets even just the tiniest bit of dew on it, that shit gets so slippery it's crazy. In winter it's like you are doing ice skating.
Just for confirmation: that was a modernist abomination, right? Because I've heard that buildings built today in Hungary are often in a classical and really beautiful style.
I mean.... yeeeah. For some reason they assumed that to sell the idea this is a modern library means you have to make it look like this.
Funny enough, the little sidewalk thingy you see was so damn bad they had to cover it in a thin layer of cement since this photo was taken.
On the right you see some railing. That's where you go down some stairs to a parking lot. They gave some texture to some of the steps, but not all of them and it's not sufficient anyway.
(Parking is free, though, so I shouldn't bitch.)
I mean, am I alone in thinking that literally none of my money should be spent on making a government building look good?
Make sure it is functional. Anything other than that is wasted money, and it's MY money being wasted.
You can make a building not ugly for no extra cost, all it takes is not letting a batshit insane architect anywhere near the project.
And actually a lot of modernist buildings are incredibly impractically designed too, resulting in more expensive maintenance; there's a reason why for a lot of human history buildings have looked somewhat similar, and it's not just because of technology.
I park my car in the parking lot of the modern, recently built library of my town.
For some reason they surrounded that place with this very smooth, shiny type of tile. All around the building, even the stairs leading down to the parking area, the little outisde chilling place too.
The freaking moment it gets even just the tiniest bit of dew on it, that shit gets so slippery it's crazy. In winter it's like you are doing ice skating.
Just for confirmation: that was a modernist abomination, right? Because I've heard that buildings built today in Hungary are often in a classical and really beautiful style.
I mean.... yeeeah. For some reason they assumed that to sell the idea this is a modern library means you have to make it look like this.
Funny enough, the little sidewalk thingy you see was so damn bad they had to cover it in a thin layer of cement since this photo was taken.
On the right you see some railing. That's where you go down some stairs to a parking lot. They gave some texture to some of the steps, but not all of them and it's not sufficient anyway.
(Parking is free, though, so I shouldn't bitch.)