whattheheck said:
wow. the acceptance of 'crap architecture' seems to be the most Edmonton thing you can do. Truly unbelievable. And quite sad.
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Can you articulate what exactly is 'crap' about it? Because it sounds like the worst thing anyone can come up with is 'it looks like a communist housing block.' Which, like, tons of people still live in those and lots of them like it a lot!
 
constance_chlore said:
Can you articulate what exactly is 'crap' about it? Because it sounds like the worst thing anyone can come up with is 'it looks like a communist housing block.' Which, like, tons of people still live in those and lots of them like it a lot!
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I've actually been inside some true commie blocks (Romania), and honestly, they're actually fairly well built with good floorplans. Many have been well maintained and have been extensively renovated to modern standards inside and out.
 
_urbanite said:
I've actually been inside some true commie blocks (Romania), and honestly, they're actually fairly well built with good floorplans. Many have been well maintained and have been extensively renovated to modern standards inside and out.
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Same, I've visited friends in Swiss prefab housing blocks (not communist, of course, but public/coop housing) and German plattenbauten. Those ones were super functional and lovely.

Of course some of them are worse than others, as with anything. But people love to take grim pictures of decaying concrete buildings beneath a gray sky, as if that's all they are or ever could be. When you have one that's well-maintained and has a thriving community, it can be a thing of beauty. Especially if the residents keep gardens on their balcony or if there are garden plots (or a little parklet) outside. Something about the lush vegetation + the concrete is just stunning. (I think that's part of the appeal of Habitat 67, too.)
 
_urbanite said:
I've actually been inside some true commie blocks (Romania), and honestly, they're actually fairly well built with good floorplans. Many have been well maintained and have been extensively renovated to modern standards inside and out.
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I do agree we built a lot of stuff here that is not great and years after our former mayor called this out, while it has improved some I feel we need still work on improving this.

However, I feel we need to focus that improvement on areas that are more central and prominent than this. Century Park is a nice TOD development overall with a variety of buildings, some nicer than others, but this works for this location.
 
The acceptance of crap architecture, in this forum of all places, just for the sake of density leaves me with utter sadness. It looks like a remand centre facility, with some lipstick thrown on it, to make it look pretty. Gross.

The developer could have at least gone with larger windows, good brick works; something. But it's crap.
 
Admittedly a bit of brick would have been nice but these windows aren't small and the patio doors are really nice not your usual cheap sliders
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