In an earlier post I lamented the fact that modern buildings are so very very ugly.
These days we use too many rectangle shapes and not enough circular and triangular elements.
The textures of modern buildings are also too flat and boring and basically have no interesting detail.
Combine that with our utilitarian roads and you end up with the situation we have now.
Why This Is Okay (Really)
I still believe that the above is true but to help me cope with this fact I have realized that these days society pours its money into people these days and not into making beautiful buildings.
For instance, think of Paris France. A beautiful city but when it was built all the money in society went to the top 0.1% and into the buildings they built and owned.
The regular citizen of the day had little education and even less health care.
These days many developed countries have universal healthcare as well as universal education up to at least secondary school levels.
The trade-off therefore is a healthy and educated population instead of expensive and beautiful buildings (at least as I see it). I think that this thought can help a person cope with the glut of architectural ugliness.
Wait, Can We Have Both?
Maybe in the future with automation and the 3-D printing of buildings it might be possible to bring down the costs of building to the point where it is possible to build inexpensively as well as beautifully.
Let's hope when that day comes architects will not have forgotten what it is like to build a nice structure.
Thanks for taking the time to read my post. - Procrastilearner
