Most importantly they were cheap and fast to build, that’s why there are so many of them. Unfortunately most houses didn’t fare that well into the 21st century
They’re literally famous for low quality and inferior materials being used due to corruption in the supply chain. The design is solid, the execution was not.
That said, still better than homelessness, and arguably a big reason behind the high rates of home ownership in Eastern Europe.
Brutalism was just a style of that time. It’s not left wing architecture.
Most importantly they were cheap and fast to build, that’s why there are so many of them. Unfortunately most houses didn’t fare that well into the 21st century
They’re literally famous for low quality and inferior materials being used due to corruption in the supply chain. The design is solid, the execution was not.
That said, still better than homelessness, and arguably a big reason behind the high rates of home ownership in Eastern Europe.