That’s me in black, well… Curtin University is indeed impressive. Architecturally wise the overall concept is beautiful. Kind of like it, I mean the Brutalist architecture, the exposure of raw concrete, the celebration of concrete. I am a big fan of Tadao Ando, I guess concrete runs in my blood, face bricks, steels, glass, and timber too.
Brutalist buildings usually are formed with striking repetitive angular geometries, and often revealing the textures of the wooden forms used to shape the material, which is normally rough, unadorned poured concrete. Not all Brutalist buildings are formed from concrete. Instead, a building may achieve its Brutalist quality through a rough, blocky appearance, and the expression of its structural materials, forms, and services on its exterior. - Wikipedia on Brutalist
And so I paid a visit to the Architecture and Planning building, it is kind of spooky in there - Brutalist. I guess in western country […]
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