I have chosen to focus on brutalist aesthetic for my project. Through my years here at CU I have always wondered why the engineering center was built the way it is. The rest of campus uses vibrant red bricks and ceilings while the engineering center looks like an old, concrete, decaying building. Recently I have learned a little more about CUs architecture and the decisions made when designing the building. Through doing my own research I found out about brutalist architecture. I found a large history behind the aesthetic that starts in the early 1950s. I started to gain a liking for the aesthetic and learned that many other campuses incorporate a brutalist styled building or two into their own universities. Below is my personal favorite piece of brutalist architecture, the Geisel Library in the University of California, San Diego.
Abhishek Raut
Abigail Schefer
Aidan Shelburne
Ali Alfares
Alexander Hernacki
Alex Jakubek
Alex Kelling
Alexandr Vassilyev
Anil Antony Karathra
Ankit Karkhanis
Anna Lugthart
Aryan Gandhi
Austin Beltz
Ben Fougere
Bodhin Peterson-Smart
Roger Carter
Cameron Sprenger
Brewster Beck von Peccoz
Chris Griffin
Chin-Hsuan(Andrea) Wang
Connor Jameson
Colin Neeson
Daniel Bojorquez
Derek Spatola
Dylan Jackson
Eileen Reh
Elvin Chateauvert
Ethan Street
George Davis
Grant Barnes
Grady Forsyth
Hannah Matthews
Hayden Moll
Will Harris
Heider Iacometti
Holly Young
Hunter Maul
India Johnson
Ivan Werne
James Cadagan
Jon Albaum
Josh Calugay
Jonah Chapel
Jose Salgado
Lily Gabriel
Luke Carey
Lucas Fesmire
Matt Holleb
Maddie O'Brien
Michael Dailey
Nate Olson
Nic Garzione
Owen Hull
Palmer Dick-Montez
Peter Jakubczak
Perry Owens
Pere Roquet Arroyo
Rachel Jones
Reed Beidleman
Bekah Smith
Rishi Assar
Riley Dressel
Rishabh Rai
Sam Vallo
Cody Wong
Abdulrahman Nashawi
Austin Maes
Austin Ross
Benjamin Chang
Benjamin Robles
Brooke Shade
Charles Keely
Christopher Lehr
Davis Butte
Davis Robertson
Daniel Straub
Emily Jordan
Ethan Elshyeb
Fiona Bell
George
Hailee Pritchard
Hannah Walsh
Isabella Colosimo
Jason Fontillas
Jamie Frankel
Jackson Hootman
Joseph Knapp
Justin Engbrecht
Justin Lim
Kaiya Wahl
Kensue Kiatoukaysy
Kevin Yang
Mary Rahjes
Miles Radakovitz
Nathaniel Wang
Nicole Leon-Molina
Noah Verspohl
Patrick Bodine-Ellison
Paul Tapsall
Max Armstrong
Rhys Rueffert
Ryan Weatherbee
Thomas Buckholtz
Victoria Rios
Will Tse
Xiang Luo
Zach Aldrich
Jean Hertzberg
Shrey Naresh Solanki
Brandon Boiko
Brittany Warly
Chip Bollendonk
Albert Como
Dennis Can
Jeffrey Gay
Laura Bonney
Roshan Misra
4 Comments. Leave new
Hi Jose,
Having your inspiration to find the brutalist aesthetic be the engineering center is very funny! What materials are you planning on using to mimic the aesthetic while keeping the project about upcycling, since concrete and bricks are hard to find for free? I am interested to see where you take this idea.
Mimicking the aesthetic will be kind of hard with upcycled material. So far I have collected tons of cardboard from the recycling bins in the engineering center. I plan on using acrylic paints to cover up the cardboard and paint on the concrete and brick structure.
Hi Jose,
I really enjoyed reading your post. I think that using upcycled cardboard to make a model of the engineering center is a great concept. There is a lot of opportunity to mimic brutalist architecture depending on what style of cardboard you use. It would be interesting if you purposely use weathered cardboard to replicate the weathered facade of the engineering center, do you have any ideas yet about what type of cardboard you will use?
Since I am strictly using recycled cardboard it is kind of hard to focus on using a specific kind. Right now I am just gathering materials and plan on painting over it with acrylic paints. Ill keep your recommendation in mind though, that could definitely take my model to the next level.