• BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca
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      4 months ago

      Like how close do you have to get before you can even see that it’s rough? Brutalism can be seen the second you see the building.

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        4 months ago

        Depending on the coloration of the material in of the texture and how rough it is, several feet to hundreds of yards/meters away.

        But the reason brutalism is easier to see far away is more about the solid rectangular shapes and style than the texture of the material. If you made a concrete version of a building normallly made of stone with lots of fine details like a cathedral it wouldn’t be considered brutalism just because it was all concrete.

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          4 months ago

          You can see the texture of a wall from hundreds of yards away? You have better vision than I do Legolas.

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        4 months ago

        Brutalism is also about showing the materials used for the structure rather than using facades. (But I don’t think anyone is saying rough rock coverings are brutalist lol)