Communist Architecture

[David]

some photos taken of a structure in Bulgaria,
















more photos and text in the article, http://humanplanet.com/timothyallen/2012/02/buzludzha-buzludja-bulgaria/

[Beeda Weeda]

seems like a good use of bulgarian money.

[Kab]

seems like a good use of bulgarian money.

Did you even bother to read the article? No, you didn't. Way to be Canadian.

[newhampster]

This place looks like it should have been a level in Golden Eye

[grimcity]

Crazy shit... expected to see the Space Jockey corpse in there!

Surreal. Sad to see such a unique building die like that.

[Yushin Okami]

This place looks like it should have been a level in Golden Eye

First thing that went through my mind

[steve]

phnom penh. this was erected to commemorate the Vietnamese eradication of the Khmer Rogue in 1979. It's called the Cambodia-Vietnam Friendship Monument. It blew my mind to see a statue of a family holding AK47 rifles. Looked like a tight ass skate spot too. All marble, a set gap and a drop.... that last photo is of a dude with no legs crawling around the monument plaza

[Eschaton]

I can't skate any of this!

[Donkey Lips]

That is fucking amazing. Thank you. Gnars!

[Derk the Jerk]

Even though the communist regimes were awfully represive, not to mention an economic disaster, they did however create  some amazing highlights in the arts. Including architecture and spatial planning. I'd definitely recommend anyone visiting the countries from the old Soviet Union. Don't forget your board because all those memorial squares are some of the best marble you'll ever skate!

[Locbrew]

Crazy shit... expected to see the Space Jockey corpse in there!

Surreal. Sad to see such a unique building die like that.

That or I expected to find some Tauntaun's tied up in the back.....

[sven thorkel]

i thought this was going to be an appreciation thread for stalinkas and khrushchovkas. for one second i thought there were other people in the world who appreciate pre-fab run-of-the-mill soviet housing buildings. i was wrong, but a man can dream

[Alan]

Speaking of communist architecture

http://www.retronaut.co/2011/04/yugoslav-war-memorials/

I think Yugoslavia is the only socialist country with abstract ww2 monuments...

[sven thorkel]

^ great link



former yugoslavia or somewhere in a galaxy far far away?

[dude]

This thread rules

[David]

Speaking of communist architecture

http://www.retronaut.co/2011/04/yugoslav-war-memorials/

I think Yugoslavia is the only socialist country with abstract ww2 monuments...

Those really are great.

[Bertie]

Can we rename this the architecture thread? I always like seeing bizarre or grand structures.

[Alan]

In that case...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tbilisi_Roads_Ministry_Building

[Alan]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolist_Movement

[max power]

if the metabolists got their shit built tokyo would be pretty different. kenzo tange's plan for Tokyo bay was  kind  of amazing.

[sven thorkel]

In that case...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tbilisi_Roads_Ministry_Building

reminds me of habitat 67 in montreal

[GISM]

some photos taken of a structure in Hoth,

[BURRRPRINT]

i thought this was going to be an appreciation thread for stalinkas and khrushchovkas. for one second i thought there were other people in the world who appreciate pre-fab run-of-the-mill soviet housing buildings. i was wrong, but a man can dream

One of the worst housings to live in. But more than a half of population in my country lives in those.

[Mein Fuhrer! I can walk!]

David, please accept this gnar as a token of my gratitude for introducing me to this beautiful, beautiful website which has already had me clicking for a good 30 minutes by now.

[David]

Floating house in Ukraine

[HATE!]

Floating house in Ukraine

The counterweight in that has too be insane.  That shit defies physics.

[themoustache]

Floating house in Ukraine

The counterweight in that has too be insane.  That shit defies physics.

yea, that one piece that attaches to the foundation is carrying an incredible amount of force...thats one hell of a cantilever.  it's funny to see those structural supports at the far gabled right end - those things are mad small to be holding that weight, theres gotta be some crazy foundational support for those guys.  im gonna show this to my statics professor, she'll dig it...we've been studying static loads in structures for my MArch this semester

[Grubby Mits]

Holy fuck somewhere needs to get a photo of a frontside ollie on that thing

[Alan]

I went to that place recently, it's a memorial to a ww2 concentration camp.


Inside, there are concrete waves on all sides that end in a wallride.


you can kinda see it in the top left corner of this photo
Me, Jasenovac August 2008

Obviously you wouldn't skate it, but there were bike tire marks on the walls, so I guess the local kids had a go...

[David]

Frederic Chaubin's subversive Soviet superstructures

They reveal an unexpected rebirth of imagination, a burgeoning that took place from 1970 until 1990 and in which, contrary to the 20s and 30s, no 'school' or main trend emerges.

These buildings represent a chaotic impulse brought about by a decaying system. Their diversity announces the end of the Soviet Union...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2011/feb/08/chaubin-soviet-russia-architecture-photography#/?picture=371534907&index=4


The Palace of Ceremonies (Tbilisi, Georgia, 1985)