WTC - Gaudi design
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- eloosive0
I took art history and architecture elective classes, like most of you guys, and I do respect Gaudi, and a host of others, especially that French designer who forsaw freeways and highways with the highrises before structural engineering even caught up technologically.
And I do like the building. But you see, the lay-folk out there are just that, regular people. When they look at that building, they simply aren't saying "Oooohh, man! He used some nice ships curves on that!" or "The shape is poetic, it has INERTIA" or "What would the Russian Constructivists say?" or "Phillipe Starck would love it, so would Luigi Colani..."
Nooo. They're saying "Looks like a spaceship" (I said the same thing, I am a man for the people) or "Looks like a cock".
They're not disrespecting Gaudi, They're celebrating their freedom of speech, and voicing their visceral reaction to a building that's atypical compared to every other building around it.
Oh they should totally go for it.