Emoji are going to be some of the most recognizable icons of the 21st century, says architect Changiz Tehrani, which is why he decided to cast 22 of them in concrete and use them as decoration for a building in the Dutch city of Amersfoort. — The Verge
“In classical architecture they used heads of the king or whatever, and they put that on the façade,” Tehrani told The Verge. “So we were thinking, what can we use as an ornament so when you look at this building in 10 or 20 years you can say ‘hey this is from that year!’” The answer was obvious: emoji.
The emojis cover only one side of the mixed-use building. Tehrani, who works for the Dutch practice Attika Architekten, based the emojis on the WhatsApp standard. "Only faces were chosen as they were the most expressive and recognizable emoji," the Verge reports. In his view, all architecture is timely—not timeless—so better to have fun with what's in vogue at the moment.
Started at the Gigantomachy frieze, now we're here. Thoughts?
I love it. Its fun, effective, memorable, nice scale...it achieves fun without requiring the building to twist into some yoga pose.
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Started at the Gigantomachy frieze, now we're here. Thoughts?
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cheeky
he should have used the poo emoji
amazing.
I like this. It's got whimsy.
I like it too. Why not?
this is fantastic. great idea.
RIP Charles Moore
That's what I'm afraid as well.
No, this is a good thing. In moderation...
I love it. Its fun, effective, memorable, nice scale...it achieves fun without requiring the building to twist into some yoga pose.
Honestly it's a 21st century take on something we've been doing for at least 3,000 years and the theory behind it is sound.
Next stop - a Tinder HQ in the shape of the eggplant and peach emojis.
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