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i think about the pruitt igoe housing complex on a weekly basis. it was a large-scale modernist public housing project in st louis built to improve the lives of low-income people in the city, and it worked for some time until conditions in and around the complex became so unlivable that the city literally blew the whole thing up like 20 years later. considered âthe death of modernism.â
im actually haunted by the pruitt igoe myth documentary
just thinking abt how this influenced late 20th century architecture in such a vast way, the flows of capital into building projects, the quality of those projects, scale etcccc
linking the 99 percent invisible episode abt the complex
Apr 19, 2024
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The man built the Twin Towers and Pruitt Igoe, two modernist complexes meant to symbolize progress and prosperity. Both we're destroyed (and their destruction was documented) in infamous fashion: 9/11 obviously and Koyaanisqatsi for Pruitt Igoe. Can't think of an architect who's had such a strangely similar fates befall two major projects.
Dec 4, 2023
as ur local architect i could give 100 answers to this ask. but here is a social housing project i really love.
the most sustainable building is one that already exists, building anything new is inherently bad for the environment (buildings make up 40% of global emissions!).
rather than propose an entirely new building for this public housing project, lacaton & vassal proposed essentially renovating the existing and extending the building outward in the front by adding a layer of these kinda indoor/outdoor living spaces. i love this as a low cost solution that not only raises the economic value of these apartments but also is an incredibly valuable space for the well being of the tenants.
pic of the diagram showing before and after but def encourage taking a look at the pics in the link!
Mar 17, 2024
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does anyone else ever think about how modern architecture and interior design is a great visual indicator of a net loss of individuality and creativity in society as a whole, with startlingly sterile environments becoming indicators of wealth and status, rather than the creative freedom to make oneâs own unique environment a reality. and do you ever think about how it all ties back to how increasingly digital everything is in our world now?
^ shared this elsewhere previously but I feel those on this app will have some interesting ideas and insights on the topicâŚ
Mar 20, 2025
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my sister just had a baby and i am considering the type of aunt?/guncle ? (the designation becomes tricky w gender lol) i may be. but ultimately the archetype of âcool auntââmysterious, distant-yet-warm, uninvolved in family dramas, arrives at family gatherings wearing strange, somehow stylish clothes, bearing copious gifts and floating on an air of urban lifeâresonates most soundly with me
this has also led me to reflect on how my momâs sister played such a key role in my  youth by revealing to me a foundational truth that this is not all that there is! âtwas a very hopeful message to me, a miserable child/teen unsuited to christian suburban life, forced to procure my wardrobe primarily from the womenâs section at the department store because that is what my mother deemed reasonable (and kohlâs cash)Â
some of the notable moments my aunt bestowed upon my adolescence include:
⢠taking me to see moonrise kingdom at the indie art deco theater in a nearby mountain townÂ
⢠driving me to philly for shows at tla even though she had no idea who the artists were and would stand in the back; also paying for all my meals and whims on our south street jaunts
⢠curating a collection of signed books from author visits at her local library, which sheâd always drop off nonchalantly as gifts (charles santore picture books, lemony snicket !)Â
⢠signing me up for 5ks and carting me along to her races
⢠explaining to me what a âlesbianâ is and taking me to meet said lesbians in a dimly lit new york restaurant where i tried alligator sausage and felt so urbaneÂ
⢠general trips to ny for broadway shows and museums Â
⢠introducing me to rummikub
⢠letting me roam free at community music festivals from late afternoon til dusk, where iâd encounter children from different counties, get in harmless trouble and infuse my life with the intrigue of those unknown to me but in those brief momentsÂ
Sep 25, 2024
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these landed all at once and iâm feeling tapped into a wellspring of compassion and gratitude
Dec 6, 2024