Mildred Hailey (Bromley Heath) BHA Redevelopment | Jackson Square | Jamaica Plain

Man wtf is this, NOBODY is asking for buildings that look like this to go up in their community. Plenty of 5 over 1’s with fiber cement panels come out just fine in every city across america when it isnt a collage of random colors thrown all over the place. The old brick buildings were actually better. These already need a reclad asap.
 
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stick n move said:
Man wtf is this, NOBODY is asking for buildings that look like this to go up in their community. Plenty of 5 over 1’s with fiber cement panels come out just fine in every city across america when it isnt a collage of random colors thrown all over the place. The old brick buildings were actually better. These already need a reclad asap.
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Façade design by AI? Or interns?
 
Serious question because I have very little if any knowledge of architecture. Is this design related to some cost-cutting/value engineering decision or is there an individual that actually thinks this looks good? At least with the value engineering I can see a rational explanation. I can't understand these buildings as designed. It's almost as if the cladding is meant to intentionally offend people.
 
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stick n move said:
Man wtf is this, NOBODY is asking for buildings that look like this to go up in their community. Plenty of 5 over 1’s with fiber cement panels come out just fine in every city across america when it isnt a collage of random colors thrown all over the place. The old brick buildings were actually better. These already need a reclad asap.
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No. Those buildings are almost universally bad, but these are worse.
 
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