History Ruins

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What is a ruin? We’re running off of “You know it when you see it” at the moment. Ruins should be non-functioning structures of some age, or their function reduced to tourism and the like.

Generally speaking, specific items from a ruin should go to [email protected]

Illustrations of ruins (or their reconstructions) should go to [email protected]

Photos of ruins back when they were functioning should go to [email protected]

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Snake Bridge over a canal passageway, the UK (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I beg to differ on the abject lack of aesthetic consideration. I’ve skimmed through old construction manuals and from even the surface it seems old masters of the building craft were obsessed with the blending of aesthetics and function

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago

Buildings yes.

I'm not so sure about infrastructure, especially things like steel girder bridges.

[–] grue 3 points 1 day ago

I think it was because the balance between materials and labor costs was different back then. If everything was being handmade by artisans anyway, why not let them make it look nice while they're at it? Besides, without machine precision, ornamentation is probably quicker and easier than straight lines in a lot of cases.

(See also: traditional architectural styles vs. modernism.)