[florabuzzword]

Which “Brutalism” is BIMBYISM referencing? I don’t use Facebook so maybe someone here can answer this. Is it:

- The architectural style?

- The social housing traditions that birthed the architectural style?

- The contemporary literalist misappropriation of the term to reference dystopian urban infrastructure which punishes the needy? (like spikes under bridges)

I’m hoping it’s the first and will be pleasantly surprised if it’s the second. But not getting my hopes up.

[mkbgw]

It's referring to the architectural style.

Re: spikes under bridges, AFAIk that's referred to as hostile architecture. I've never seen the term Brutalism applied to that.

[florabuzzword]

That’s refreshing. Unfortunately, I have. At least in the past few decades, brutalism has been conflated with being unkind, authoritarian, or Stalinist. But maybe this wave has passed and I’m out of the loop. I also didn’t think brutalist architecture was appreciated in circles like this, so I clearly am out of the loop to some extent.

[sdenton4]

The first would seem to lend itself well to memes...