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#Post#: 415--------------------------------------------------
Decolonized Housing
DIR By: guest5
Date: July 20, 2020, 8:48 pm
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What do you folks think of this one? (I already know what you're
going to say about the meat-eating part mind you....)
Modern Cave House is Man's Life Long Dream - 5,700 sq ft!
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqPtClvahWw
#Post#: 416--------------------------------------------------
Re: Decolonized Housing (America Edition)
DIR By: rp
Date: July 20, 2020, 10:09 pm
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I prefer Pueblo architecture and sun dried brick houses. Cave
houses seem too Paleolithic.
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Re: Decolonized Housing (America Edition)
DIR By: guest5
Date: August 12, 2020, 12:07 am
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Rammed Earth : You won’t Believe How They Build This!
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Magical houses, made of bamboo
DIR By: guest5
Date: October 23, 2020, 11:25 pm
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Magical houses, made of bamboo
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> You've never seen buildings like this. The stunning bamboo
homes built by Elora Hardy and her team in Bali twist, curve and
surprise at every turn. They defy convention because the bamboo
itself is so enigmatic. No two poles of bamboo are alike, so
every home, bridge and bathroom is exquisitely unique. In this
beautiful, immersive talk, she shares the potential of bamboo,
as both a sustainable resource and a spark for the imagination.
"We have had to invent our own rules," she says.
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THIS IS AKONCITY
DIR By: guest5
Date: October 28, 2020, 2:26 am
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THIS IS AKONCITY
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> THIS IS AKONCITY
>
> AKONCITY project seeks to address the need for vibrant new
community development, with a vision to create a Business
district, residential districts (high-rise ) education district,
healthcare district, technology district, Media district,
entertainment district and sport facilities with a recreational
enclave for the surrounding area to address the market need for
the development in Senegal.
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HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UdXHtrs_Ho
Definitely less western than Wakanda, no? Step in the right
direction for Africa I'd say. There really aren't that many
straight hard edges at all....
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Re: THIS IS AKONCITY
DIR By: guest5
Date: October 28, 2020, 2:29 am
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Akon: Akon City Opens 2026, There's No Taxes & We Have Our Own
Police Force
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Re: Decolonized Housing
DIR By: guest5
Date: November 5, 2020, 12:10 pm
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Why doesn't China love skyscrapers anymore?
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> Over the past 30 years, China has been called a "heaven for
architects" by some due to its appetite to build super-tall
buildings. But the government has issued a ban on buildings over
500 meters this year. What is the logic behind this move?
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Re: Decolonized Housing
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: November 5, 2020, 11:31 pm
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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):
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWABR67KWW4
HTML https://smallimg.pngkey.com/png/small/129-1297667_clip-free-stock-collection-of-free-failing-clipart.png
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.
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It's not just Harbin either; here are the type of buildings in
Shanghai that should be demolished first, for example:
HTML https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/The_Hong_Kong_and_Shanghai_Bank%2C_built_in_1923_and_The_Customs_House_built_in_1927.jpg
[img width=850
height=1280]
HTML https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Yokohama_Specie_Bank_Building_Shanghai.JPG[/img]
[img width=672
height=1280]
HTML https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Yangtze_Building_The_Bund.JPG[/img]
HTML https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Moller_Villa%2C_Shanghai.jpg
[img width=850
height=1280]
HTML https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Palace_Hotel_and_Sasson_House.JPG[/img]
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:
[attachimg=1]
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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Re: Decolonized Housing
DIR By: guest5
Date: November 6, 2020, 12:30 am
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It is odd to see those same building styles you would find in
downtown San Francisco or a city in Germany in China. I did not
realize those styles were that pervasive in China of all places.
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Re: Decolonized Housing
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: November 6, 2020, 12:49 am
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"It is odd to see those same building styles you would find in
downtown San Francisco or a city in Germany in China."
You should find it no less odd to see such building styles in
San Francisco. Western architecture is as un-American as it is
un-Chinese.
By the way, about the last building:
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_Hotel
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> The larger North Building is called Sassoon House. The
building was built by Sir Victor Sassoon, of the Sassoon family,
which built a Shanghai business and real estate empire in the
early 20th century. He was a British Sephardic Jew of Iraqi
origin, educated at Harrow School and Cambridge University. His
family owned the trading company "E.D. Sassoon & Co.", which
managed extensive business interests in Bombay, Hong Kong, and
Shanghai.
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