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35 Architects Who Did Not Think Their Projects Through, Shared On This Twitter Page
When you have a planner drafting your house, a roof over your head is the bare minimum you expect. I wouldn’t call a set of windows a luxury either. But in reality, even in the most precise universe of architecture and engineering, errors happen. And the results are the monstrosities you’re about to see.
Thanks to the Twitter page “Bad Planning,” we have quite a split collection to look at. The page sarcastically describes itself as “a celebration of all the ‘smelly’ stuff imposed on our environment.” It adds that: “Perpetrated by Architects, Planners, Surveyors, Engineers & other environmental ne’er do wells.” Whoever created this page appears genuinely unforgiving.
Get ready to meet ‘Fencemageddon,’ heaters rising up the stairway, the house of all the planet’s windows, and other peculiar specimens. Scroll down, enjoy and upvote your favorites as you go!
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If you are upset, you just had to do it the French way : unite to create a company that will buy and preserve the building.
In order to find out how bad planning and design examples like these end up in public and private spaces, we have to break down where they start from. Maybe it’s a client who ordered a questionable design and turned it into reality. Maybe it’s a designer who forgot the functional part of the design. Or it may well be the planners who didn’t take what was needed into account.
“We never realize how much even the smallest detail can affect our everyday lifestyle,” Laura Vanagaite, a Portugal-based graphic designer, told Bored Panda. She shared a couple of insights of what happens and why when objects, buildings, and spaces are designed with such big flaws. “Every single object we use from the morning until the night is designed specifically on how it is supposed to be. But that is not always the case. Functionality is the number one rule in the design and architecture world,” Laura explained.
“But sometimes,” Laura said, “some creative choices are made that make the function not the priority.” And that is where the confusion happens. “From what we have seen in the past, some design solutions are made without thinking of the actual client, a person that will use the product. It applies to everything: website or app design, interior design, furniture, architecture and spatial planning.”
Laura also said that if any of the end product is made without thinking much about the user, it loses its value. “For example, a person downloads an app, it looks nice, the design is modern, it looks beautifully done, but the letters are done in a light color and it is hard to understand what information needs to be filled in. The client gets annoyed and decides to delete the app. In this case, the designer should have thought about the app function and how user-friendly it would be.”
“Another example can be spatial planning,” the graphic designer said. “Let's say that the architects were hired to create a modern working space for a tech company. The finished result looks modern, innovative and... not enough space for the workers to sit properly. Sitting areas are a crucial part of offices because the physical health of the workers determines how productive they will be.”
And the hernia you will acquire pulling those drapes!
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When you want your house to look like a mansion but you have a tight budget.
? Are windows cheaper then bricks in the US? Or wood, I guess.
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I make curtains for a living and we have a lot of old castles in my area,they are so hard to maintain,change,hang,wash,iron that it brings in a lot of cash just to maintain them for the customers. Recently we had one curtain that was 4,5 meters tall and 27 meters long.
that window is off center, the building leans towards the right... its making me dizzy
My thoughts exactly. Can you imagine the kid that breaks that window? If I'm the parent of that kid, I'm pretty sure I don't have enough insurance to cover that.
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those curtains would have to be constantly closed due to no nets for privacy but the designers do it for looks rather than livability
That's what you get when your architect used to have a job in the circus.
If this window overlooks a great view....understandable, but if only to have a neighbour looking in.....not so much. Will bring in a lot of great natural lighting though.
Fun to clean but never have to complain about not enough light lol BLINDED BY THE LIGHT
The curtains must have cost more than I earn in a year 😂 each too probably
Big sale at the fabric store. They are a pain in the butt to clean. No washer big enough on earth.
I actually like it... lots of townhouses in the Phila suburbs use bricks but have teeeeny windows - this would be a nice change of pace
So have an enormous window, cover it with drapes so you have a small slit to see through.
plot twist , the curtains go all the way across and its actually just a huge home theatre
Knowing that one window panel can be around $20... I just don't even want to know how much one that size would be 😳
Why spend that amount of money on grandiose windows that have no scenic view and need to be draped to preserve privacy?
Well my family does have some very tall men in it that have to duck down in ordinary door so....
It makes me want to turn the house (minus the garage) sideways, so the giant window faces the tall hedge on the right for more privacy.
We have a neighbor who did something like this on a smaller scale. Entire front of house is glass, and the curtains that are always closed kinda defeat the purpose.
Huge livingroom window and you keep the bloody curtains closed? Should be against the law.
Is it just me, or does this house look like it's tipping to the right?
Architects f'ing love floor to ceiling glass. Sucks for comfort and heating/cooling bills.
It's like a feature presentation is about to start every time they open those bad boys!
This triggers my inner vandal. I want to throw a rock soooo much.
According to Laura, these types of mistakes can be found in every area: “maybe the logo was wrongly designed and did not reflect the values of the company, maybe the cutlery was designed without thinking about whether left-handed people would be able to use it.”
She also stressed the fact that every designer should think first about the function and the person who will be using the product. “Whether it is a simple app or a huge architectural building, you as the professional should ask ‘What does the client need and what issues do I need to solve to make it easier for them to use it?’” Laura concluded.
In my language, it's the Devil who is in the details. We always try to see the bad in every thing, to see the clouds behind the silver lining, in order to be prepared for when the smallest defect in the greatest plan will make everything backfire and fail miserably.
We call this bedroom, “the wind catcher”. Lively during storms.
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I ended up having to look at older farmhouses and cabins after this to see good architecture and style.
One of them actually made my eyes all wonky which made mean little nauseous.
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This is named inappropriately. Should say, “what happens when no one was willing to fork over money for an actual architect.”
I think a better title is what happens when you hire a terrible contractor. Most of these photos are not because of the Architect - they are either a terrible contractor or people with bad taste in renovating.
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I'm far more concerned with the floor plan than I am with the exterior. So many newer houses seem as thought they weren't designed to actually be lived in.
Every building project should be submitted to Prince Charles for approval, in order to avoid... All that s**t.
I ended up having to look at older farmhouses and cabins after this to see good architecture and style.
One of them actually made my eyes all wonky which made mean little nauseous.
Load More Replies... This is named inappropriately. Should say, “what happens when no one was willing to fork over money for an actual architect.”
I think a better title is what happens when you hire a terrible contractor. Most of these photos are not because of the Architect - they are either a terrible contractor or people with bad taste in renovating.
Load More Replies... I'm far more concerned with the floor plan than I am with the exterior. So many newer houses seem as thought they weren't designed to actually be lived in.
Every building project should be submitted to Prince Charles for approval, in order to avoid... All that s**t.
