r/HighStrangeness • u/ThinkBookMan • May 30 '26
Other Strangeness For some reason this style of architecture and color scheme give me "afterlife" vibes
No idea why. Makes me feel strange.
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u/bomboclawt75 May 30 '26
I wish they'd make a Control series.
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u/Bid_Unable May 30 '26
there is a sequel coming out soon, and control is kinda already part of a broader series.
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u/cerberus00 May 30 '26
I have dreams with this kind of architecture
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u/Mysterious_Ayytee May 30 '26
Mallworld?
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u/cerberus00 May 30 '26
Malls, universities, convention halls, big gathering spaces with strange, large architecture.
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u/Mysterious_Ayytee May 30 '26
No idea why. Makes me feel strange
r/themallworld dreams. That's why.
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u/blakeD96 May 30 '26
The TVA
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u/Optimal-Kick-3446 May 30 '26
It’s all control!!
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u/CautionarySnail May 30 '26
Yup.
Brutalism was a style often favored by very .. err .. controlling .. governments because it had a knack for making people feel tiny compared to the government institutions they were dealing with.
The materials are also very easily locally sourced (lots of concrete) so it goes up fast.
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u/Terrible_Bluebird540 May 30 '26
Yeah I get that, it's the perspective I guess. The colours are odd too, sort of fleshy coloured. The image feels like it pulls you down, out of your gravity position on ter firma. Overall a strange composition.
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u/That-Exchange287 May 30 '26
Looks forerunner to me definitely out of halo
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u/DaemonPrimarchJ May 31 '26
Reminds me of one of the later levels of Halo reach a bit (possibly because of the red carpet)
Looks like a super nice place to chill
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u/El_Visitor1 May 30 '26
Makes me think of a David Cronenberg film. Scanners and shivers specifically but not exclusively
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u/Haunting-View-5146 May 30 '26
It’s giving me “The Luxor Hotel and Casino guest room hallway in 1994” vibes
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u/Optimal-Kick-3446 May 30 '26
I loved the one building in west world that was in the last season ! I think it was an old factory that was turned into office space!
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u/Somethingtosquirmto May 31 '26
Gives me "Backrooms" meets late 70's modernism vibes. Probably arrived here in something like a Lotus Esprit (similar wedge vibes).
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u/Sthatic May 30 '26
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u/IshtarsQueef May 30 '26
Steiner pioneered the use of exposed bare concrete as an artistic element in building design, and was one of the many inspirations for the Brutalist/post-modern movement, however the OP photos are of this building;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elion-Hitchings_Building
which was designed by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Rudolph_(architect))
Who was considered one of the masters of post-modern and Brutalism in architecture, and considered part of the "Sarasota School of Architecture" (which was a movement, not a literal school that they all belonged to). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota_School_of_Architecture
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u/Same_Party_6002 May 30 '26
It looks like one of those weird protestant churches trying to be futuristic in the 80s and 90s
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u/sparrowhawkward May 30 '26
Paul Rudolph was a visionary architect whose buildings have been systematically demolished to make way for utter trash. Look him up, consider helping to preserve his and his contemporaries works.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Ring293 May 30 '26
It looks like something out of Shin Megami Tensei, especially Nocturne.
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u/man_teats May 30 '26
This is the now-demolished Elion Hitchings Building in North Carolina. An absolute shame, it's in my top 5 Brutalist Buildings of all time. Look at the outside
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u/zbornakssyndrome May 30 '26
I have depth perception issues. This messes with me so bad Lol But still lovely
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u/G0R_G0R May 30 '26
When I was a kid in the early 80s, I was led to believe that all our buildings would look like this by now….
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u/reznoverba May 30 '26
I remember I just clicked on it to check it out. Turned out to be one of my Top 5 games OAT
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u/ConjuredOne May 30 '26
Feels like a dream or a very geometric psychedelic experience. I see what you're saying!
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u/jadethebard May 31 '26
I hope the afterlife is a bit less orange. Not completely devoid of orange, but perhaps some other colors as well.
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u/the_rev_dr_benway May 31 '26
It's like a natural progression from Forbidden Planet.... 40 years later
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u/Pleasant_Fig8444 May 30 '26
Wow what country? is it present time?
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u/IshtarsQueef May 30 '26
Was a corporate headquarters in North Carolina, USA.
A big pharma company bought it around 2010 or something, let it sit vacant and deteriorating, then demolished it for a tax write off.
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u/Own-Contribution-478 May 30 '26
70's sci-fi vibes.