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Meydad Marzan

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UIs aren't going away. They cycle.

Villa Savoye vs Saint-Pierre: agents are pushing interfaces into their efficient, legible phase, and that sets up the next wave of expression.

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UIs aren't going away. They cycle. Two buildings, one architect - Le Corbusier.

Right: Villa Savoye (1931). Pure efficiency. The free plan that made the house a machine for living, and shaped how we live in homes today.

Left: Saint-Pierre (designed 1960). Pure expression. Architecture as a vessel for an idea: the climb from earth to heaven.

I studied this in design school and keep coming back to it as a metaphor.

We break through with the new, standardize it to the point of boredom, then break through again with more expression.

Agents are pushing interfaces into the Savoye phase: legible, predictable, human-readable. That isn't the end of UI. It's the setup for the next masterpiece.

Two Le Corbusier buildings side by side. Left: the Church of Saint-Pierre in Firminy, a tilted concrete cone rising to a lit opening at the top. Right: Villa Savoye, a white box raised on thin columns, with a long ribbon window and curved walls on the roof.

Quoting @zoink

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