“ decennium ago , [ architect John ] Portman never figure his buildings as dystopian fort or ideate Hollywood actors rope down down his skyscrapers . ” But Atlanta has become a democratic filming fix , and Portman and his neo - futuristic buildings are an significant reason why .
Tax incentive help , of course , but there ’s something about the lines of Portman ’s computer architecture that entice filmmakers reckon to set a dystopian tone .
grant toThe Atlantic :
“ [ director are ] projecting a time to come by imagining how it would look in ruins , ” say Michael Hays , a professor of architectural theory at Harvard . “ All the flesh has been removed and you just see the architectural osseous tissue . I ’ve always thought Portman ’s construction would make very beautiful ruins , because the essence of them is so herculean and so direct . ”
There ’s symbolism that goes beyond that , as well :
Arthur Garfield Hays also believes film producer employ architecture to represent society that are imprint or collapse , and conceptual social structure are too eccentric to symbolize the collective groups that dominate dystopian storylines . Portman ’s oeuvre fit on celluloid in part because his design philosophy straddle the modernness and brutalism hand down to his generation from predecessors such as Le Corbusier and Marcel Breuer , who strove to integrate functionality and community into their buildings .
According toCurbed , the solicitation of Portman - design structure ( he ’s now 90 yr old ! ) has only grown in late year :
Portman ’s buildings — featuring his touch mix of modernism and brutalism , spotlight by monumental atrium and prospicient , glassy elevator — has look in dozens of movies over the last three decades , let in Sharky ’s Machine ( 1981 ) , Grosse Pointe Blank ( 1997 ) , and Mission Impossible III ( 2006 ) . But more recently , they have also number to set the scene for Hollywood ’s most pop dystopian thrillers , such as The Hunger Games and Divergent , not to remark TV ’s The Walking Dead .
Of course , Portman ’s typical designs are n’t limited to Atlanta . Here ’s a Warsaw , Poland hotel that looks utterly suitable to loom in the background of some YA - adapted tale about a bleak , yet neon - color time to come .
Top , national exposure of Atlanta ’s Portman - designed Hyatt Regency by Flickr userLee Coursey ; bottom , picture of Warsaw ’s Westin by Flickr userDan .
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