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Yet, by the photo I’d certainly take it as an example of “post-modern” design. No place for people, not inviting. It seems like something attempting to impress outsider people passing by, not something made for people to stay and belong.
Modernist architecture and post-modern architecture are almost polar opposites. They are not the same thing.
Here’s the Piazza d’Italia. An example of post-modern architecture. You’ll notice it doesn’t lack ornament.
Yet, by the photo I’d certainly take it as an example of “post-modern” design. No place for people, not inviting. It seems like something attempting to impress outsider people passing by, not something made for people to stay and belong.