UNCgolf
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I think it will affect the overall ambiance, though (and possibly noise levels, although that remains to be seen).
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I think it will affect the overall ambiance, though (and possibly noise levels, although that remains to be seen).
JoeCamel
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The people viewing the photos will never feel the ambiance
Joel
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The people feeling the ambiance might not only care about the photos.
mysto
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The bride and groom are on the balcony of the poly tower in all their elegant regalia. The photographer frames the shot so the pavilion and all the tiny guests look like toys in the background.
People are going to pay big bucks to make themselves look like giants relative to the puny losers below. Both the poly tower and the wedding pavilion are going to be booked solid for decades. The wedding capital of the US. Genius move Iger.
UNCgolf
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I don't understand your point. They do more than take photos there.
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Bocabear
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I know that picture looks terrible, but if all the planter boxes had cascading vines and the structure was painted or cleaned, ironwork updated with new accent color it would be a gorgeous contemporary building and not really look brutalist at all... The condition makes it look worse than it is.
DisneyOutsider
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Brutalist is used as a dirty word in the public sphere these days, but it's really awesome and beautiful when it's done well and maintained.
Bocabear
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I feel certain when this building was initially built it was beautiful, and I agree...Brutalist can be really amazing when maintained and cared for... and why is everyone calling everything Brutalist these days? lol
If it is contemporary, it is not necessarily "Brutalist" ... The Contemporary hotel building I would not call "Brutalist" at all....
DisneyOutsider
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It seems that to many, concrete and linear = brutalist.
UNCgolf
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Yeah, I was going to say the same thing -- if people see concrete they just classify it as brutalist.
People also think of brutalist as nothing more than big concrete blocks, like tenement buildings, even though there are really cool brutalist buildings that are nothing like that. Habitat 67 is a good example.
Bocabear
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Habitat 67 is amazing!! truly.
scottieRoss
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"Brutalist buildings are characterized by minimalist constructions that showcase the bare building materials and structural elements over decorative design. The style commonly makes use of exposed, unpainted concrete or brick, angular geometric shapes, and a predominantly monochrome color palette; other materials, such as steel, timber, and glass, are also featured.
This pretty well describes the Contemporary and the buildings on Hotel Blvd as well as much of Epcot. Brutalist is not a dirty word, but it is the right word to describe much of the construction in the 1070's at Walt Disney World.
Habitat '67 is most certainly a masterpiece of brutalism.
This pretty well describes the Contemporary and the buildings on Hotel Blvd as well as much of Epcot. Brutalist is not a dirty word, but it is the right word to describe much of the construction in the 1070's at Walt Disney World.
Habitat '67 is most certainly a masterpiece of brutalism.
lazyboy97o
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Where is “a lot of stucco finishing” in that definition? The Contemporary is a steel structure with minimal tectonic expression.
scottieRoss
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a predominantly monochrome finish and concrete.
scottieRoss
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But we can actually look to Disney Legend, Herb Ryman. He spoke with SAH Archepedia in 2012
" Most commonly associated with Brutalism, the infrastructure-scaled megastructure was a common trope of 1960s and 1970s architecture and urbanism in the United States. In some ways the Contemporary is a scaled down version of one segment of Paul Rudolph’s unbuilt Lower Manhattan Expressway project of 1967—one of the best examples of the trend—which included sloped banks of housing to be erected above a new highway. The resort’s self-contained environment also evoked the growing interest in buildings that confronted the dual threats of ecological degradation and social unrest by crafting self-sustaining and inward-focused spaces that sealed themselves off—both figuratively and literally—from the outside world. The trend had a particularly strong impact on literary and cinematic science fiction."
" Most commonly associated with Brutalism, the infrastructure-scaled megastructure was a common trope of 1960s and 1970s architecture and urbanism in the United States. In some ways the Contemporary is a scaled down version of one segment of Paul Rudolph’s unbuilt Lower Manhattan Expressway project of 1967—one of the best examples of the trend—which included sloped banks of housing to be erected above a new highway. The resort’s self-contained environment also evoked the growing interest in buildings that confronted the dual threats of ecological degradation and social unrest by crafting self-sustaining and inward-focused spaces that sealed themselves off—both figuratively and literally—from the outside world. The trend had a particularly strong impact on literary and cinematic science fiction."
JoeCamel
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I think he was obsessed with drawing lines, lots of lines but thanks for the rabbit hole
lazyboy97o
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Using concrete as a decorative element is not Brutalist.
Disgruntled Walt
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Not to be a stickler, but:
So I don't think he spoke to anyone in 2012, unless it was the ghost hunters in his ancestral home.
scottieRoss
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The publication was from 2012, must have spoken to the author previously. Or it was a reprint in 2012