The real truth is cheapass construction goals. Straight lines and few details are easy enough for less skilled labor to complete and it is easier to hide imperfections when there are fewer details.
The real truth is cost. To be able to afford to have this built, would cost a lot more than it did back then. Cost of living has become so high and you have to pay construction workers a living wage.
If you think curves and pillars are hard to represent in software, you’ll be aghast how hard they are to represent with hand drawings.
Your typical architect or engineer of the era would need a kit of dozens of French curves to achieve proper specs in the drawing.
I think auto cad’s role in minimizing residential craftsmanship pales in comparison to pre-fab techniques, fewer craftspeople, high volume assemblies, necessity for faster builds, less old-growth timber availability, and a philosophical shift in the economics of home building that now lean more towards speed and mass production.
Huh? There are zero problems with any curve you can imagine. The issue is that each one is unique instead of mass produced. Most do not spend the $$$ on top.
That house is a nightmare for any craftsman working on it too. You can pretty much forget about most external DIY stuff. Straight lines make for easy projects. Even crooked lines that are supposed to be straight are better than the curves and twists on this thing.
The truth is autocad.
Curves and pillars are hard to represent architectures in computer software. What’s easy is nice boxy boxes.
The real truth is cheapass construction goals. Straight lines and few details are easy enough for less skilled labor to complete and it is easier to hide imperfections when there are fewer details.
The real truth is cost. To be able to afford to have this built, would cost a lot more than it did back then. Cost of living has become so high and you have to pay construction workers a living wage.
The real truth is ghosts. Ghosts have gotten lazy and don’t like haunting places with complicated floor plans.
The real truth is ghosts caused 911 because jet fuel can’t melt steel beams with help from a ghost
Yea a lot of people that sit in cubicles 9-5 would’ve been craftsman in the past
Some of them, maybe. A lot more would be farm hands
If you think curves and pillars are hard to represent in software, you’ll be aghast how hard they are to represent with hand drawings.
Your typical architect or engineer of the era would need a kit of dozens of French curves to achieve proper specs in the drawing.
I think auto cad’s role in minimizing residential craftsmanship pales in comparison to pre-fab techniques, fewer craftspeople, high volume assemblies, necessity for faster builds, less old-growth timber availability, and a philosophical shift in the economics of home building that now lean more towards speed and mass production.
Also bauhaus influence
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Huh? There are zero problems with any curve you can imagine. The issue is that each one is unique instead of mass produced. Most do not spend the $$$ on top.
That house is a nightmare for any craftsman working on it too. You can pretty much forget about most external DIY stuff. Straight lines make for easy projects. Even crooked lines that are supposed to be straight are better than the curves and twists on this thing.