Architecture-Ideology mapping Greek revival = deep stateism Slums+gold palaces= authoritarianism Brutalism = socialism Infrastructure = Chineseism Picturesque discomfort = traditionalism Ivy covering = scholasticism Suburban sprawl = neoliberalism Glass/concrete = oligarchism
What’s pomo about this? I can’t close-read it besides a sense of some dissonant juxtaposition of mashed up elements from multiple styles.
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Yeah - that it superficially references other styles that have nothing to do with the structure of the building itself (“decorated shed”)
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Oh yeah Megan introduced that idea at refactor camp a few years ago; I’d forgotten
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