i for one think the trend towards minimalism was for the better, all of these plans were, inhuman in scale, they exalted the power of the state, while at the same time emphasizing the insignificance of the individual lost among the vaulted rooms and towering corridors, a mere afterthought to the design.
smaller. more personal minimalism lets the individual form his own impressions and express the space via his own imagination, in the grand master plans the only impression he has is what the state dictates by constructing such massive structures.
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