Help NIMBYs and YIMBYs meet halfway 2/2 : Lovable architecture This one is tricky because it's generally thought that what is lovable is purely a matter of personal taste... But beyond the personal, architecture has a civic duty to be at least "socially acceptable" because the public can hardly avoid seeing (and sometimes also using) buildings, even more so in crowded cities. This is contrary to most other forms of art, which can be kept away from public view or consumption. NIMBY rejection of new buildings is partly because so many are not "easy" to look at or to approach. At the risk of being controversial, I submit the recent Paris Philharmonie (left pic) as an example. And the Philharmonie is supposed to be a temple of culture for crowds of visitors. Compare with the former National Print (right pic), also in Paris, which was designed for an industrial activity and to keep most people out. Residential or office buildings are much more common and also face a similar determination. It's hard to rigorously explain why a building can feel difficult to love. Going back to my previous post, large buildings (like the Philharmonie and the Print) are surely more difficult to love. The talented Samuel Hughes has taken what I feel is a brilliant stab at defining "easy" architecture in this post : https://lnkd.in/eD5aPM2w. #NIMBY #YIMBY #scale #urbanism #architecture #LovableArchitecture #EasyArchitecture (follow-up to https://lnkd.in/eafgvxce)
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