In the first or second chapter, Tarva makes a brief observation of her mansion, noticing it almost looked like Noah and Sarah were admiring the architecture (but that would be impossible, predators couldn’t possible appreciate such a thing).
Exterminators workplace (Chapter 80): “The exterminator’s workplace was modest from the outside. The stucco exterior was painted a neutral gray, which made the octagonal building look like a smokestack.”
That is the representation of office spaces I can think of!
Wonder if its a Tilifish thing, they are spider people right?
Or are they hexapods
Point is 8 legs = 8 sides
I imagine the general color theme is matching for other buildings tho regardless of sides
True, but what is a "star" to them? Many of the shapes we ascribe are from astigmatism.
A herd culture would have a lot of focus on being together, so you want to allow for open spaces. Offices would likely have an open floorplan.
Maybe with non-grid-friendly building, they use the empty spaces for lots of walking and pedestrian walkways?
They mention several times that having a tidally locked planet means a lot of wind in one direction, so their buildings may take advantage of that, using some Middle-east-like architecture for natural breezeway.
With their fear of predators, there would be sparse groundcover, clear sightlines across open ground.
With their high winds, skyscrapers are either non-existent, or over-engineered to handle strong winds from one or two directions. Lots of ovals in line with the wind.
I like to go with shape theory on this; based on their reactions to aggression we’re not gonna see anything remotely like gothic or brutalist architecture, instead there’ll be soft curves or more round structures.
In the first or second chapter, Tarva makes a brief observation of her mansion, noticing it almost looked like Noah and Sarah were admiring the architecture (but that would be impossible, predators couldn’t possible appreciate such a thing).
For government buildings, My initial thoughts were a tree shape like tree-of-life or a six-pointed star design when seen from above.
Exterminators workplace (Chapter 80): “The exterminator’s workplace was modest from the outside. The stucco exterior was painted a neutral gray, which made the octagonal building look like a smokestack.” That is the representation of office spaces I can think of!
Octagonal! So they do more than squares! Imma make a star-shaped government building!
Wonder if its a Tilifish thing, they are spider people right? Or are they hexapods Point is 8 legs = 8 sides I imagine the general color theme is matching for other buildings tho regardless of sides
Well the Venlil worshiped the stars in their past, so I’m guessing that still has some influence on their architecture.
True, but what is a "star" to them? Many of the shapes we ascribe are from astigmatism. A herd culture would have a lot of focus on being together, so you want to allow for open spaces. Offices would likely have an open floorplan. Maybe with non-grid-friendly building, they use the empty spaces for lots of walking and pedestrian walkways? They mention several times that having a tidally locked planet means a lot of wind in one direction, so their buildings may take advantage of that, using some Middle-east-like architecture for natural breezeway. With their fear of predators, there would be sparse groundcover, clear sightlines across open ground. With their high winds, skyscrapers are either non-existent, or over-engineered to handle strong winds from one or two directions. Lots of ovals in line with the wind.
I believe the Venlil are mostly low-rise buildings.
Oh cool, canon observation right from the source. I believe that the proper response in the parlance of r/hfy is, "Thank you, Wordsmith."
The only mentioning I can think is that tarva describes row house burning after the terrorist attack.
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I like to go with shape theory on this; based on their reactions to aggression we’re not gonna see anything remotely like gothic or brutalist architecture, instead there’ll be soft curves or more round structures.
There was some description of the hospital in the city center too.