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What brutalist architecture can teach us about web3 (featuring Vancouver architect Arthur Erickson) ⬇️🧵:
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1/ Brutalism wasn’t just a style, it was an ideology. Raw and deeply idealistic. Arthur Erickson, Canada’s concrete poet, believed in designing for people, not power. While I’m currently admiring Ericksons work, let’s talk about how brutalism and Web3 speak a similar language..
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2/ “Architecture, as in life, is not a question of the obvious but the mysterious.” -Arthur Erickson Brutalism embraced the mystery of structure. Concrete left exposed, no lies, no façades. Web3 is similar: → Transparent code → Public ledgers
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3/ Erickson’s Simon Fraser University wasn’t built to impress, it was built to include with concrete terraces open to sky and student. That’s the Web3 spirit: → Permissionless access → Decentralized knowledge → No elites, just nodes (supposedly)
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4/ “The site is the beginning of the building. Its orientation, its climate, the quality of its light.” Erickson didn’t impose form he co-created with the land. Web3, too, must build in context: → With communities → With culture → With respect for digital terrain
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5/ “Architecture should flow. It should move people. Not just physically, but emotionally.” Erickson softened brutalism. He added light, water, rhythm. Web3 must do the same: → Human-centric UX → Emotional interfaces → Ritual, not just protocol
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6/ Erickson’s Robson Square placed justice below the surface. Not above the people, but within them. Web3 asks the same: → Flat governance → Community courts → Code is law, but law is collective
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7/ “Great buildings are not monuments. They are instruments of civilization.” Brutalism aged. It cracked. But its ideals never left. Web3 isn’t always pretty but it’s trying. Trying to build something real, grounded, and public.
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