• Are_Euclidding_Me [e/em/eir]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    No. I wouldn’t be. I think those giant skyscraper screens are cringe as shit. Simply make prettier buildings that don’t cause massive light pollution. I think a neat old stone church is extremely a lot cooler than any fancy skyscraper covered in screens

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      Simply make prettier buildings

      Modern engineering and building safety standard make this prohibitively expensive if not borderline impossible.

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          Modern HVAC prefers low ceilings

          Fire codes require putting way more staircases in everything and making hallways wider

          Masonry is increasingly expensive and fewer and fewer people can do high skill masonry work

          Also Cathedrals took generations to build, society doesn’t have the patience for that crap anymore

          There’s other reasons I can’t think of off the top of my head

          • Dolores [love/loves]@hexbear.net
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            i doubt they were expecting cathedral-level but more masonry and stylish facades are definitely possible in conventionally proportioned & constructed buildings without breaking those rules (except acquiring masons, but no reason we shouldn’t have people employed in beautification trades)