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
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Hmm... example from the commodity end? (Not marquee showpiece end)
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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

