Why Modernist Architecture Sucks

Stemming on from the previous post, I have been thinking: the three points that Lancioni mentions - those being anonmyity, irrelevance and immeasurability - can be applied to individuals who feel worthless in a collective. And Britain's council housing seems to enforce these three qualities on everyone.

Now I recognise the functionality that modernist architecture poses - equality, efficiency, functionality. But I believe it makes people depressed in certain ways.

Anonymity

• The flats are put along grey, blank balconies which mean people never bump into one another or interact in anyway.
• People come and go rapidly, and are never introduced by the architecture into the community.

Irrelevance

• Each individual housing unit is the same as the next - people cannot overtly express their relevance and individuality through the housing.
• Council housing is perceived as being for people who are not important to others.

Immeasurability

• The houses are all the same, and so cannot be measured against one another.
• Relative to others, there is no way people can improve - they are stuck in the council housing permanently.