This story blends science, architecture, urban planning, and art all into one fascinating problem: The blah-ness of most contemporary buildings may actually be doing us psychological, and social, harm.
This 2015 Slate article looks like it was motivation for the one published in NY Mag: http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2015/11/psychology_of_boring_architecture_the_damaging_impact_of_big_ugly_buildings.html
h/t Andres Soolo
http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/04/the-psychological-cost-of-boring-buildings.html
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LEGO Americana Roadshow: Building Across America I just checked out this traveling exhibition from LEGO and was quite impressed. The scale ... -
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When we let politics trump science, people are needlessly put in harm's way. http://arstechnica.com/science/2017/01/self-censoring-fears...
I agree, another word for boring is "notably not very useful" - meeting needs.
ReplyDeleteI don't understand what this "meh" attitude comes from. Isnt it all about perception? Life is what you make out of it? Perhaps I am the odd man out, but I actually like functionalism.
ReplyDeleteI guess it could be an American thing.
Patrik Hanson Did you read the article?
ReplyDeleteCraig Froehle - Yes.
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