Their buildings are made of clay, which comes from the earth, and other natural elements such as twigs, bones, or sand. The fact that he built structures out of tiny clay bricks inside broken segments of wall and other unusual openings also takes away any cuteness or childlike qualities. He uses the small scale of his work as a stimulus to the viewer and in people's reactions to it. By evoking a past time, Simonds guides viewers to think about the present. When I look at Simonds Dwelling, the main reason I don't think of it as cute or childish is because the work goes against convention.
Children are by nature innocent and cute.
Even an unattractive child can be considered cute, because cuteness is basically a function of that child's personality rather than the child's appearance. Similarly the personality of Simonds work is neither childish nor cute. The miniature dwellings are dilapidated and uninhabited, two ideas that would normally not be associated with children. The content of the work speaks more of the degeneration of the society, in Simond's eyes, rather than the regeneration of society that childhood normally bespeaks. Another aspect of the miniature dwellings might even indicate abandonment, a term juxtaposed against childish or cute.