Someone Asks People To Share What Architecture Nightmares They’ve Seen, People Deliver (30 Pics)
Not every architect can be an Antoni Gaudi or an Art Vandalay - some make do with the spaces they are given and yes, some do make silly architecture design mistakes. When the results aren't downright dangerous they can be funny, which is why Twitter user Sarah Schauer decided recently to ask people to send her their worst crappy design/architecture pics that they have.
It's fair to say that the internet didn't disappoint. From oddly placed toilets - toilets seem to feature a lot on this list - to slides that lead to certain death, it turns out that there are some real design fails out there! Scroll down below to see what we mean, and feel free to share your own nightmarish home design examples in the comments!
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So we've seen the consequences of bad interior design, so what makes for good design? There are a few basic principles to stick to if you want to make sure your design is practical, relevant and makes sense!
According to Dieter Rams, a German industrial designer who was responsible for the design of Braun’s consumer products for many years, there are 10 principles of good design, also known as the '10 commandments.' Even though they were written long ago and technology has advanced beyond his wildest dreams, Dieter's principles still apply today!
Furniture designers Vitsoe have worked closely with Dieter Rams for decades, and helpfully summarize his founding principles of good design with the following explanations:
Good design is innovative: The possibilities for innovation are not, by any means, exhausted. Technological development is always offering new opportunities for innovative design. But innovative design always develops in tandem with innovative technology, and can never be an end in itself.
Good design makes a product useful: A product is bought to be used. It has to satisfy certain criteria, not only functional, but also psychological and aesthetic. Good design emphasizes the usefulness of a product whilst disregarding anything that could possibly detract from it.
Good design is aesthetic: The aesthetic quality of a product is integral to its usefulness because products we use every day affect our person and our well-being. But only well-executed objects can be beautiful.
HAHAHAHAHAHA! This is brilliant! Look them straight in the eyes when you wipe!
Good design makes a product understandable: It clarifies the product’s structure. Better still, it can make the product talk. At best, it is self-explanatory.
Good design is unobtrusive: Products fulfilling a purpose are like tools. They are neither decorative objects nor works of art. Their design should therefore be both neutral and restrained, to leave room for the user’s self-expression.
Good design is honest: It does not make a product more innovative, powerful or valuable than it really is. It does not attempt to manipulate the consumer with promises that cannot be kept.
Tour guide: "Originally there were only 27 floors in our hotel. The other 13 were added just recently..."
Good design is thorough down to the last detail: Nothing must be arbitrary or left to chance. Care and accuracy in the design process show respect towards the user.
Good design is environmentally-friendly: Design makes an important contribution to the preservation of the environment. It conserves resources and minimizes physical and visual pollution throughout the lifecycle of the product.
Good design is as little design as possible: Less, but better – because it concentrates on the essential aspects, and the products are not burdened with non-essentials. Back to purity, back to simplicity.
So three you have it, pretty simple right? If you are tasked with designing something and want to avoid the epic fails found in this list, check these principles off first and you should succeed!
If I remember right..some of these bathrooms are set up that as soon as you enter and lock the door to the stall, the walls go opaque so you can't be seen....
It's for CGI. You live in a small brick house, the neighbors see the Taj Mahal.
By me, it's not a plumbers fail? He was working with stuff, delivered by client...
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I don't know why but this looks awfully depressing. Keep trying little guy, one day you might erode the sink enough...
What’s really ironic is that most sinks have large spigots that jut way out paired with basins that aren’t shaped correctly for them. You can’t wash your hair at the sink, or even get it wet, because the spigot reaches more than halfway across the sink—-usually an oval sink with the spigot across the shorter side.
I've never seen that before (I'm Canadian). Here you see nonsense more like this pic all the time. A faucet that makes you smack your knuckles on the basin even though it's huge.
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"Norman, I told you to get the other faucet ... the one with the longer spout!" "Now, Madge, this one's just fine."
Bad design in business's public accessible restrooms has been an ever increasing issue. Nothing quite this bad, but faucets not high or long enough, sinks too shallow, no privacy panels between urinals, no doors on toilet stalls. The last two are becoming disgustingly routine in movie theater restrooms... as if there weren't enough reasons to stop going to theaters. I think architects are giving these design assignments to anyone can swing from tree branches.
Privacy panels between urinals is very rare in Canada, and you'll never ever see no doors on toilet stalls. Where are you from?
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Bringing back the old roman times with a good morning chat on the latrine?
I've been in some places where they have a separate hose with its own tap in the bathroom. Not sure if that would have been intended here though.
I mean its inconvenient, but I do kind of like the idea of a tree in the middle of my house. Perhaps a little better displayed though
Note: this post originally had 57 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes.
The toilet needs to be above the septic tank in order for it to drain properly and not back up into the plumbing. So if the ground floor is a sunk in basement, the toilet needs to be elevated.
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I became irritated looking at these pics. Absolutely gruesome. Can't imagine having people pay to live in these creepy places . I'd prefer a cave.
--> https://images.app.goo.gl/k2ZqhAWKUuSJZccm7 Yup, that is a house built on an apartment building.
Anyone who plays Sims could do a better job of house design than these clowns.
Sometimes money is a problem. Fixing an inherited problem can sometimes cost more than just buying a different house.
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Why many people build the toilet on the stairs? ^^Or a bathtub like that, I bet all these are in the haunted house lol
If you have a septic tank system the toilet needs to be higher than the tank.
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What amazes me is people build this stuff. What were they thinking? Didn't they realize something was wrong at some point?
The toilet needs to be above the septic tank in order for it to drain properly and not back up into the plumbing. So if the ground floor is a sunk in basement, the toilet needs to be elevated.
Load More Replies... I became irritated looking at these pics. Absolutely gruesome. Can't imagine having people pay to live in these creepy places . I'd prefer a cave.
--> https://images.app.goo.gl/k2ZqhAWKUuSJZccm7 Yup, that is a house built on an apartment building.
Anyone who plays Sims could do a better job of house design than these clowns.
Sometimes money is a problem. Fixing an inherited problem can sometimes cost more than just buying a different house.
Load More Replies... Why many people build the toilet on the stairs? ^^Or a bathtub like that, I bet all these are in the haunted house lol
If you have a septic tank system the toilet needs to be higher than the tank.
Load More Replies... What amazes me is people build this stuff. What were they thinking? Didn't they realize something was wrong at some point?
