Ugly Malta: un account Instagram racconta il lato oscuro dello sviluppo maltese

La descrizione del profilo non lascia adito a dubbi:

Malta, you were beautiful once. Fighting ugly buildings, cheap development, crappy architecture, shitty streets. #Malta Malta, you were beautiful once. No longer.

Tradotto: Malta, sei stata bellissima una volta. Combattendo edifici brutti, progetti al risparmio, architettura schifosa, strade schifose. #Malta Malta, sei stata bellissima una volta. Ora non più.

Pleasures to come. Design looks really original, we definitely need more of these beauties. #malta #ugly #development #planning #building #architecture #pa #konkos #fugly #shite #gahan #kruha

A post shared by Malta, you were beautiful once (@uglymalta) on Aug 23, 2017 at 8:11am PDT

Zabbar. Is it even possible to design something more tragically mundane than this lump of shit? #demolish #laqwazmien #malta #ugly #hideous #boring #shite #wtf #design #architecture #mundane #insipid #dull #planning #pa #style #taste #kruha #lovinmalta

A post shared by Malta, you were beautiful once (@uglymalta) on May 2, 2018 at 10:32am PDT

Sensitive, well-proportioned and contextual development in Zebbug. Disaster. #malta #ugly #disaster #architecture #style #build #construction #design #planning #pa #laqwazmien #kruha #lovinmalta

A post shared by Malta, you were beautiful once (@uglymalta) on Apr 29, 2018 at 2:55am PDT

Is that social housing camouflaged as a furniture shop? Extreme versatility, not to mention outrageous beauty, in Fgura. (Bonus: also check out stunning streetscape.) #ugly #malta #disaster #architecture #kruha #standards #ohmymalta #shite #cheap #terrible #demolish #lovinmalta #maltalove

A post shared by Malta, you were beautiful once (@uglymalta) on Apr 13, 2018 at 12:25pm PDT

This is art. Lovely intense blue, like a clear sky as vacant as the designer's mind when he imagined this absolute stunner. Tastefully done with the cheapest of finishes, beautiful garage doors, and those delightful wires! #ugly #malta #disaster #wtf #architecture #style #design #planning #construction #kruha #maltalife #lovinmalta

A post shared by Malta, you were beautiful once (@uglymalta) on Mar 3, 2018 at 7:30am PST

Architect demonstrates the imagination of a dead fish by designing the ultimate faceless apartment block. A rejection of all notions of creativity or aesthetic sensibility – remarkable achievement. Demolish. #architecture #style #design #destroy #context #ugly #malta #disaster #kruha #lovinmalta #uglification #fail

A post shared by Malta, you were beautiful once (@uglymalta) on Feb 23, 2018 at 11:31am PST

Esplora – take your kids to a museum that, through its design alone, celebrates wondrous variations of clumsy and hideous. There is no limit to ugliness and this museum will help your kids understand this. Thank you, museum. #ugly #malta #shambles #disaster #terrible #shite #architecture #style #design #culture #lovinmalta #maltalife #maltalove

A post shared by Malta, you were beautiful once (@uglymalta) on Jan 15, 2018 at 11:28am PST

This development has been named "The Peak". Peak of what? Of stupidity perhaps. Or the maximum possible ignorance of scale or context. Or maybe the peak as in a monumental pus-filled growth in the landscape. Or simply the peak of clumsiness, crassness, uglification. Limits of Lija. Demolish. #ugly #malta#disaster #context #architecture #style #design #sensitivity #outofcontrol #shitty #lovinmalta #maltalove #maltalife

A post shared by Malta, you were beautiful once (@uglymalta) on Jan 7, 2018 at 12:00pm PST

We won't lie. UglyMalta was pretty rattled by the murder of #DCG. Malta's ugliness runs more than skin deep. On this insta account we attack its manifestations. But we also need to attack its source: A culture of anything goes, of quick, easy wins regardless of long-term costs, a culture that does not care – not about rules and regulations, let alone aesthetics. And one still enraptured by foreign masters and their deep purses (hence tourists, gaming, passports, etc, etc). If Malta is to change, it must have the confidence to ditch this black hole that can only lead to ever more shite. Ugly is also the venom that has spewed forth in public, since the journalist's murder. Sickeningly ugly and we reject this verbal excrement outright. #DaphneCaruanaGalizia was not "unlucky". She was murdered. And the product of the culture she so abhorred is all over these pages. Malta needs to change. #ugly #malta #shambles #disgrace #impunity #mafiastate #wtf #taxhaven #architecture #hideous #noplanning #pa

A post shared by Malta, you were beautiful once (@uglymalta) on Nov 6, 2017 at 12:04pm PST

Sent to us: "Beautiful Qawra". Indeed. Absolutely stunning – what a shit hole. #malta #ugly #disaster #terrible #architecture #design #planning #style #taste #pa #wtf #looksshit #shabby #shambles

A post shared by Malta, you were beautiful once (@uglymalta) on Oct 6, 2017 at 12:38pm PDT

For sale. A lovely apartment, with magnificent views of other apartments, behind which yet more apartments, a crane and a construction site opposite. Great value. #malta #ugly #building #construction #planning #pa #architecture #disaster #shitty #shabby #terrible #lovemalta #maltalife #maltaliving #lovinmalta

A post shared by Malta, you were beautiful once (@uglymalta) on Sep 24, 2017 at 7:01am PDT

Sent to us: isn't Malta lovely? Isn't she quaint? WTF ARE WE DOING. DEMOLISH. #malta #ugly #disaster #terrible #hideous #planning #pa #architecture #shithole #design #style #chaos #shite #lovemalta #maltalife #maltaliving #lovinmalta

A post shared by Malta, you were beautiful once (@uglymalta) on Sep 22, 2017 at 11:58am PDT

Lovely traditional Maltese dwellings, exemplars of our world-leading planning system, sparkling in the Maltese sun. #malta #ugly #architecture #design #style #planning #disaster #hideous #wtf #lovemalta #lovinmalta #maltalife #maltaliving

A post shared by Malta, you were beautiful once (@uglymalta) on Sep 23, 2017 at 3:38am PDT

Stay classy, architects. What a lump of shit. #malta #ugly #visual #disaster #shithole #disgusting #terrible #wtf #architecture #design #style #taste #crap #detail #idiots #maltalife #maltalove #lovemalta #lovinmalta

A post shared by Malta, you were beautiful once (@uglymalta) on Sep 12, 2017 at 1:09am PDT

Sent to us: a-contextual architectural drivel in the making. To be fair the context isn't that great either. Wonderful, can't wait to see it done! Send us shit you see. #ugly #malta #shithole #architecture #apartments #planning #design #taste #style #cheap #enough #environment #shite #looksshit #lovinmalta #maltalife #malta❤️ #maltalove #lovemalta #maltaliving

A post shared by Malta, you were beautiful once (@uglymalta) on Sep 10, 2017 at 10:03pm PDT

Views highlighting unique architectural style: the Qawra endless solid block (of shite). Awful. Demolish. #malta #ugly #disaster #hideous #terrible #architecture #design #detail #shabby #tasteless #tacky #lovinmalta #maltalife #malta❤️ #maltaliving

A post shared by Malta, you were beautiful once (@uglymalta) on Sep 10, 2017 at 1:55am PDT

Apply now to avoid disappointment. (Please demolish.) #malta #ugly #disaster #taste #grey #shambles #shite #architecture #construction #building #terrible #design #style #planning #lovinmalta #maltalife #malta❤️ #maltaliving

A post shared by Malta, you were beautiful once (@uglymalta) on Sep 8, 2017 at 1:23am PDT

Breathtaking beauty in the making. I'm sure the architect is very proud. Demolish. #malta #ugly #disaster #planning #pa #architecture #design #detail #style #taste #shithole #wtf #lovinmalta #maltalife #malta❤️ #maltaliving

A post shared by Malta, you were beautiful once (@uglymalta) on Sep 9, 2017 at 6:20am PDT