Brutalist Architecture

[Meester Pees]

I guess in typical socialist doublespeak thats an apology or an admission of negligence in failing to provide housing fit for purpose by the council.
The arguement that the extreme left wing Manchester council are not at fault for the approval and finance in the construction of modern slums in 60's Hulme is foolish maybe we should blame American Imperialism.
Corruption was rife within the building industry at the time .

Ducado 'aint no socialist mate, imo.

Clearly he isn't.

Still, some clowns can't resist turning everything into a political rant.

 

[fallowfield]

surely that shithole opposite Wythenshawe precinct is about the worst building ever put up

god help the architect who thought this was a good idea

http://www.flickr.com/photos/raver_mikey/3334237738/

 

[Meester Pees]

surely that shithole opposite Wythenshawe precinct is about the worst building ever put up

god help the architect who thought this was a good idea

http://www.flickr.com/photos/raver_mikey/3334237738/

The guy who's flickr it is calls it a "beautiful slab", and that's as, though not being housing, it doesn't really get my juices flowing but a car park's never going to be pretty but if it does what it says on the tin & provides parking spaces, then what the shit?

 

[ultimateharold]

Grim

 

[Mantel]

I used to work in an office up there and that was my view out of the window.

So you painted your window black?

 

[remoh]

Brutal is as brutal does.

Damp problems? Concrete is not a material that breathes and without positive ventilation and insulation, cannot make a satisfactory dwelling. None of this was provided (windows don't count) Greased palms everywhere.

I worked at Bison's in the sixties; deaths and injuries were commonplace. People who ridicule Health and Safety now should have been there at the time! WOW.

 

[york away to this!]

So. The crescents in hulme vs the Barbican. Spot the social engineering difference. The Barbican was built as council flats yet sold off by the authority as prime private residences......would the crescents still be up if Manchester had done the same?

 

[Meester Pees]

Brutal is as brutal does.

Damp problems? Concrete is not a material that breathes and without positive ventilation and insulation, cannot make a satisfactory dwelling. None of this was provided (windows don't count) Greased palms everywhere.

I worked at Bison's in the sixties; deaths and injuries were commonplace. People who ridicule health and safety should have been there at the time WOW.

Now that is an excellent point.
Personally, I don't necassarily agree with you about concrete flats not being able to be sucessful or satisfactory dwellings, but that's a matter of opinion & given that most of them have been pullked down, largely a moot point.

But yeah, dicks who laugh at "elf & safety", would they wish to go back to the days when it was commonplace for workers to lose limbs, or even their lives whilst doing nothing more than their jobs? Coz it really wasn't that long ago & it's only the much maligned Health and safety that's put a (partial) stop to it.<br /><br />-- Sat Apr 09, 2011 11:46 pm --<br /><br />

So. The crescents in hulme vs the Barbican. Spot the social engineering difference. The Barbican was built as council flats yet sold off by the authority as prime private residences......would the crescents still be up if Manchester had done the same?

There was a campaign to keep one of the bullrings & had it been sucessful, I reckon there'd be a waiting list a mile long to live on there.

 

[york away to this!]

Social engineering volume 2. Wythenshawe Garden suburb vs chorltonville Garden village. Admittedly on a different scale but one an aspirational must have, one wythenshawe.

 

[Wheelsy]

Heygate?