‘Monstrosity’: R1bn V&A Waterfront hotel sparks backlash

[dualmeister]

Tom Eaton described it well:

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This is the quote I was looking for. Was in Reals clip

 

[LazyLion]

Looks like a concentration camp.

 

[PlanesTrainsAutomobiles]

Have architectural renderings of the final look been published?

 

[PlanesTrainsAutomobiles]

Name Mariott generally sells.

For foreign tourists.


As everything else in CPT

 

[vigras rojara]

This is the quote I was looking for. Was in Reals clip

Yeah, I saw it quoted by Janez Vermeiren!

 

[Nom Chompsky]

No idea who would want to stay there anyways. Not much to do around the VA anymore other than be overcharged for everything. Traffic in is a nightmare. No thanks.

Affluent tourists who want to be close to the 'beating heart' of CT. Foreigners still consider SA cheap for everything basically, so they won't regard the V&A as overcharging for anything.

 

[ShaunSA]

Be nice guys. It's not every day someone who is optically challenged gets to design a building

 

[Syphonx]

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Looks like a boat built upside down, just needs to be flipped over into the harbour

 

[G'Wobblez]

i understand being nostalgic, but that is ugly, What happened that they have happy memories in a design like that,
There is so many better examples of retro buildings that a school built in the 1980's

 

[Sideshow Bob]

For foreign tourists.


As everything else in CPT

Probably. We stayed close to V & A twice but that was when kulula had decent deals. It was some protea hotel, if I recall. Mariott would be too expensive for our family.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

considering even a dog turd goes for 10 times the price of anything in the CBD
no wonder they managed to build this monstrosity

 

[Sideshow Bob]

Be nice guys. It's not every day someone who is optically challenged gets to design a building

I forgot we have architectural expert here. Are you gonna boycott Mariott or are you going to redesign it as a challenge ?

 

[ShaunSA]

I forgot we have architectural expert here. Are you gonna boycott Mariott or are you going to redesign it as a challenge ?

 

[HumanShield]

dafuq is that? Looks like something right out of the soviet brutalist architecture handbook.

 

[HAL 9000]

AI Overview

Brutalist architecture is a mid-20th-century design style that emerged in the 1950s during the post-war reconstruction era. It features raw, unpainted concrete (béton brut), bold geometric shapes, and exposed structural elements that prioritize function and material honesty over surface decoration. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]

Key Characteristics

• • Raw Materials: Heavy use of unfinished concrete, brick, and rough stone.
  • Exposed Structure: Visible beams, supports, stairs, and utility pipes.
  • Massive Forms: Heavy, imposing, and blocky geometric silhouettes.
  • Monochrome Palettes: Dominated by gray concrete tones or natural brick colors. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

History and Purpose

• • Origins: The term comes from the French phrase béton brut (raw concrete), adapted by British architectural historian Reyner Banham. [1, 2]
  • Social Utopianism: Early architects like Le Corbusier used the style for affordable social housing, government complexes, and universities, aiming to build functional, egalitarian spaces. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  • Decline and Reappraisal: By the 1980s, the style fell out of favor due to concrete weathering and perceived coldness, but it has since gained a major cultural resurgence and architectural appreciation. [1, 2]

Famous Examples

• • Unité d'Habitation (Marseille, France) by Le Corbusier
  • Habitat 67 (Montreal, Canada) by Moshe Safdie
  • Geisel Library (San Diego, USA) by William Pereira
  • The Barbican Estate (London, UK) by Chamberlin, Powell and Bon [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Link to Wikipedia article here:

Brutalist architecture - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

Be nice guys. It's not every day someone who is optically challenged gets to design a building

quite bigotted of you to assume this thing identifies as a building, for all we know zir is a hot air balloon with high occupancy and low motion!

 

[ShaunSA]

quite bigotted of you to assume this thing identifies as a building, for all we know zir is a hot air balloon with high occupancy and low motion!

Next thing you know zir is going to be playing in the WNBA

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

Next thing you know zir is going to be playing in the WNBA

and you damn well better cheer on its bravery when it body slams some dainty woman into a subterranean pulp with all of its glorious many tons of sensual concrete!

 

[saor]

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AI Overview

Brutalist architecture is a mid-20th-century design style that emerged in the 1950s during the post-war reconstruction era. It features raw, unpainted concrete (béton brut), bold geometric shapes, and exposed structural elements that prioritize function and material honesty over surface decoration. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]

Key Characteristics

• • Raw Materials: Heavy use of unfinished concrete, brick, and rough stone.
  • Exposed Structure: Visible beams, supports, stairs, and utility pipes.
  • Massive Forms: Heavy, imposing, and blocky geometric silhouettes.
  • Monochrome Palettes: Dominated by gray concrete tones or natural brick colors. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

History and Purpose

• • Origins: The term comes from the French phrase béton brut (raw concrete), adapted by British architectural historian Reyner Banham. [1, 2]
  • Social Utopianism: Early architects like Le Corbusier used the style for affordable social housing, government complexes, and universities, aiming to build functional, egalitarian spaces. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  • Decline and Reappraisal: By the 1980s, the style fell out of favor due to concrete weathering and perceived coldness, but it has since gained a major cultural resurgence and architectural appreciation. [1, 2]

Famous Examples

• • Unité d'Habitation (Marseille, France) by Le Corbusier
  • Habitat 67 (Montreal, Canada) by Moshe Safdie
  • Geisel Library (San Diego, USA) by William Pereira
  • The Barbican Estate (London, UK) by Chamberlin, Powell and Bon [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Link to Wikipedia article here:

Brutalist architecture - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

What happened to you? All the ai reposts.

 

[Hemi300c]

Looks kinda like a Gautrain station but yeah I can imagine the woke CT want LGBTQIA+ colours and flowers etc.