That picture really illustrates how much larger older buildings were. The York building is only 7 floors while Ophelia is 11, yet they're roughly the same height. The York is 100000 times nicer, with unique architecture and original interiors. Ophelia is small, generic and bland, like a fast food burger and by the time it gets to the age of the York building, it'll probably be falling apart.
An edit: I was just reading an interview with Paulo Mendes da Rocha, one of the best Brazilian architects who was big in the brutalist movement. I came across a part which reflects my disappointment with contemporary residential architecture. Asked by the architect Vladimir Belogolovsky...
So true, haha. Whilst the York building is not exactly a marvel of architecture, when you compare Ophelia and many other modern condo buildings to it, you really realize how trash they all are, and how 99% of everything in this region is trash.
The full interview is worth a read and explores why so much current architecture is meaningless as it has ceased being something deeper or meaningful and now simply exists as a functional tool under capitalism: https://www.archdaily.com/796662/paulo-m...-opportune
An edit: I was just reading an interview with Paulo Mendes da Rocha, one of the best Brazilian architects who was big in the brutalist movement. I came across a part which reflects my disappointment with contemporary residential architecture. Asked by the architect Vladimir Belogolovsky...
Quote:VB: Are you working on any housing projects at the moment?
PMdR: No.
VB: Why not?
PMdR: This is not architecture; what they are building is just boxes. There is no room for architecture in these projects; they simply provide the necessities.
VB: You don’t think architecture is possible on a tight budget?
PMdR: These are just boxes with utilities. They are not built to last. They are just like the latest version of a mobile phone. It is just utility, a tool, nothing more.
So true, haha. Whilst the York building is not exactly a marvel of architecture, when you compare Ophelia and many other modern condo buildings to it, you really realize how trash they all are, and how 99% of everything in this region is trash.
The full interview is worth a read and explores why so much current architecture is meaningless as it has ceased being something deeper or meaningful and now simply exists as a functional tool under capitalism: https://www.archdaily.com/796662/paulo-m...-opportune