Comments by "Bionickpunk" (@Bionickpunk) on "City of Concrete | Okinawa, Japan" video.

  1. Brutalism has a very specific design philosophy and intent, and even political approach in how buildings are constructed. In Brutalism, while you would have utilitarian aspects in their desgins, a lot of buildings experimented with shapes, textures, and layouts, so much so that some Brutalist buildings can look truly futuristic, geometric, downright beautiful. Some even incorporate greenery both on the building and around it through public green spaces. Brutalist builings also tend to be imposing, greater than the person observing them, concrete monuments of engineering. They are also distinct decade differences and differences between countries Brutalist buildings, but all sharing the common core principals of design. Mostly used for apartment blocks and secular buildings, not for individual homes as concrete used for individual homes tends to stray more towards other modernism architectural styles instead. Okinawan homes look more like eclectic or vernacular mish mash of different things, not exactly adhering to Brutalist design philosophy. To me Japan never really had brutalist buildings, going more for its own concrete building styles like Metabolism, and these vernacular styles seen in Okinawa and many other across Japan.
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  2. Hopefully Okinawans win in their fight to remove all the US military bases from their islands.
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  3. These buildings definitely do not have a style to them, the loose term would be vernacular buildings, or some are eclectic as they use traditional elements with mish mash of modern whatever they think of.
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  4.  @li_tsz_fung  I disagree on the aspect that brutalism is not good for exterior; Most of the time Brutalism with Greenery can look pretty nice actually. It all depends on the architect and if they payed attention to how the building would look like, which is pretty much the case with any architectural style. Modernist buildings are make or brake depending on the architect and how much care you put into their aesthetics. When they go cheap, they look and/or are really cheap, but when you put in effort, they are amazing. With Okinawa in this video, it seems that most buildings went for the most efficient cost effective approach to modernist design, ultimately looking bland if not for the few personal touches people put on the buildings like the lions or drawn signs. US military occupation probably didnt help since it most likely shaped some of the design aspects like the car dependency and window bars.
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  5.  @lainiwakura1776  Hardly conformist since everyone customizes their living spaces, as seen with the many different terrace and window styles people put on those buildings afterwards.
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  6.  @ligondesenuts769  This video clearly shows that its not necessary, and yet here we are.
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