Intro

[sanctus]

Behold! Hypography’s own Architecture forum.
Finally, a place has been established where engineers, artists, and amateurs can come together to discuss the varied aspects of architecture and its many applications past, present, and future.

Care to discuss various architectural trends?
Wish to reveal your latest building design for critique?
Want to discuss the construction of your city’s next supertall skyscraper?
Do you have a question regarding the science behind an architectural concept?

This is the place for you.

On behalf of Hypography’s staff,
ENJOY!


P.S.: Don't hesitate on feedbacks about this forum...

[Tormod]

Great initiative - thanks to Mercedes Benzene for thinking this up.

I have added this forum to the "recent threads" list so the topics here show up.

[sanctus]

And I thought that was automatic! I will know it next time.

[carlton-temple]

In France the best way to ruin a "traditional" rural house is to employ an "architect". I have seen personally so many fine houses "modernised" to such a degree that all character has entirely disappeared. It would seem that most modern architects are completely dominated by the dictatorship of the right angle or the arc and have no idea of the social disasters their monstrosities leave in their wakes. When will social planners become aware that "all" the people in "all" their diversity have to be enduringly catered for architecturally not just the prestigious whims of a small exclusive elite.

[sanctus]

But Carlton, isn't this what makes the difference between a good and a bad architect? It is very well possible to modernise old houses and keep the old character. See for example (sorry only in italian or german): Fondazione Terra Vecchia Villaggio, the houses are completely modernised, but from outside it looks like the old ones and inside it kept the character.Btw, this village is just on the other side of the valley I grew up.

[carlton-temple]

Sanctus, the standard of domestic Italian architecture & style is internationally recognised, sadly there are not enough Italian architects to go round. I once knew a Dutch student architect whose constant complaint was she knew more about concrete & it's reinforcement, drains, economics ect. than she knew about the basic principles of "architecture"! This educational con-"fusion" of civil engineering & architecture seems to be pretty much general I'm afraid nowadays with the results you would expect: cheap,ugly, well drained concrete boxes ! (There are exceptions of course, but their rare). See new Brussels and weep.

[sanctus]

Actually it is still in switzerland, but in the italian part of it ;-), but really close to the border to Italy and so you are right there is the north-italian style.

[carlton-temple]

Sanctus, I don't know whether you know, but here in France we have all sorts of popular building material supermarkets suffixed or prefixed "BRICO" : Bricomarche, Brico-depot, Super-brico, ect. (In England DIY). These "bricos" and their choice of products seem to be the inspiration source for most domestic and public French "architecture" urhggg. So I would like to propose a "style" name for this new form supermarket inspired "architecture"..............BRICO(style).......... ......or even..........NEOBRICO.........(The latter name sounds suitably terrible). Brico comes from bricolage.......tinkering, odd jobs.