Would the ISS get more general population support if it didn't looklike a giant satellite?

For obvious reasons I can understand most of the ISS countries aren't
too concerned with aesthetics, but wouldn't it help the public image and
legitimacy of it among non-space people if it didn't look like a bunch
of pipes and solar panels?

If it was a solid structure with the modules internal, and a big
readable (at least from space) "International Space Station" on it,
people would be more inclined to believe we're much more into space than
it may seem (since it's mostly research stations for now, regular people
won't give a ****).

Cover it with a giant shell which is also covered in solar panels, and
we'd have an awesome space station going.