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90sRetroFan

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Re: Decolonized Housing
« on: November 05, 2020, 11:31:05 pm »
While I am definitely no fan of height competitions, we should first aim to demolish the actual colonial-style architecture before considering what to do with skyscrapers (which are strictly speaking not colonial). Unfortunately, the actual colonial-style architecture is what many Eurocentrists in China want to preserve(!) (repost):





My commentary from the old forum:

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This is what it means to be colonized from within. Not so much the colonial-era Western buildings themselves, but the residents' blind worship of them (and simultaneous generalized denigration of post-colonial buildings). It reminds me of domestic violence victims defending their own abusers. The interior decor of their meetup place takes the cake. Dugin is laughing.

It's not just Harbin either; here are the type of buildings in Shanghai that should be demolished first, for example:











etc..

On the other hand, it has actually been shown by a talented artist that, due to their simple grid-based exteriors, skyscrapers (so long as they are limited to rectangular cross-sections) actually go rather well with the classical Sinosphere roof style:

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This proves that skyscrapers are not a Western form of architecture at least in terms of pure aesthetics. With that said, I am of course aware of the negative environmental impact of skyscrapers, so on those grounds I agree with the ruling you posted about.
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