Brutalism has as much to do with using unadorned, primitive materials as it has to do with actual concrete. It's clearly inspired by expressionism, and I think the expressionists have found their car here.
Also volume and scale. Brutalism is about ignoring the human scale and treating us as livestock. Brutalist forms make you feel like a flower in a crack in the sidewalk.
Brutalism has as much to do with using unadorned, primitive materials as it has to do with actual concrete. It's clearly inspired by expressionism, and I think the expressionists have found their car here.
Also volume and scale. Brutalism is about ignoring the human scale and treating us as livestock. Brutalist forms make you feel like a flower in a crack in the sidewalk.