The man who saw the future

I am not enamored of architects like this. Bless his soul. But I don't bless his architecture. At all. Architecture is NOT a large-scale form of sculpture that you inflict on people, which is what people like he did. It is not a bragging medium for materials science or a way to make me appreciate visual and abstract art from a distance.

Architecture is something the REAL PEOPLE have to actually deal with for generations. I don't care if you like vaginas. If you like vaginas, you should not inflict that on the places where I, my kids, and grandkids, live or work, or walk between. Maybe you could paint them instead. On a canvas.

Architecture should be organic and follow simple rules. It should make people feel comfortable, not anonymous. It should give people a sense of shelter, not foreboding.

Niemayer was the wrong direction.