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

[stick n move]

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.

 

[JeffDowntown]

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.

Façade design by AI? Or interns?

 

[SuffolkHeights11]

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.

 

[Jeremi]

Before and after

 

[Jeremi]

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.

No. Those buildings are almost universally bad, but these are worse.

 

[mssrro]

The basic design template was already in place by the time the developers submitted their initial PNF back in 2020...the explanation for the color choices at the time was basically "it creates visual interest and is cheaper to build."