[HN Gopher] Neo-Andean Architecture in The Highest City in the W...
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Neo-Andean Architecture in The Highest City in the World
Author : ofou
Score : 43 points
Date : 2021-11-24 06:45 UTC (1 days ago)
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| rocky1138 wrote:
| 3962.4 metres
| rocky1138 wrote:
| I can't decide whether I love it or hate it.
| notahacker wrote:
| Context is everything in architecture. The rest of El Alto is
| unfinished, artless concrete and terracotta like the adjacent
| buildings in some of the photos, so it definitely lifts the
| neighbourhood, and the centre of nearby La Paz is dominated by
| concrete towers painted in similarly bright colours that just
| aren't as interesting. It's the graffiti of the architectural
| world, and sometimes the neighborhood feels more lively for it.
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| Not sure it would fit quite as easily in the historic centre of
| Sucre.
| Barrin92 wrote:
| a lot of the interiors remind me of Super Mario 64 for some
| reason, I think it's all the pillars. Kind of like it but I think
| actually having to spend an entire day in it would be pretty
| taxing
| zakary wrote:
| Great to see some playfulness and whimsy in this architecture. So
| many architects today only pursue minimalist grey boxes in
| everything they do.
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| It might be garish when it's this bold, but I really wish a
| little more of this kind of thinking would make its way to
| western buildings
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| edwcross wrote:
| The Cartier Foundation for contemporary art had an exhibit on
| "geometric art" from South America some time ago, and there
| remains a 7-minute video (in French only, but the automatically-
| translated subtitles seem fine) on Youtube about Freddy Mamani,
| the architect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0odbR7FOZpU
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| Very beautiful images from these buildings.
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