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Do brutalist buildings have their wiring exposed? I'm not so convinced that having everything open and exposed is all that essential to brutalist architecture (though I'm no expert on it).

> "The truck is consumerist, whereas brutalism’s monumentality is civic."

Does making transportation less polluting not serve a civic function?

> "[But] we don’t see any bolts or gaskets or other details of joinery. Brutalist architects would never allow this. They wanted the method of making and the assembly of parts to be legible — to be put on display as a way of being vividly honest."

They might be on the inside. Again, do all brutalist buildings have their wiring exposed? Function still matters. I'm no expert, but I would assume that brutalism does not require being an idiot about such things.