Unusual architecture

[AmazonQueen]

Meanwhile in Poland .. We call it : "NSFW" The statue supposed to represent a laurel leaf of victory of the "great red army" , but we all know what it is and how it looks like. Following a recent developement of de-communisation of our land we are supposed to get rid of this communist eye sore , but is it really an eye sore ? So many citizens got so accustomed to it they do not want to let go (I admit it is somewhat of a city symbol) - so what do You think ? Should we tear the sucker down ?

If you tore it down you'd have an uninterrupted view of the office block behind it. I'd keep it. At least it hides some of that monstrosity.

 

[AdamCrock]

Certainly not because of how it looks. Public art is always a difficult one. It is on the edge between political propaganda and part of history. Which one is more important, and which is a positive or a negative can only be decided by the population who has to live with it.

If you tore it down you'd have an uninterrupted view of the office block behind it. I'd keep it. At least it hides some of that monstrosity.

I Agree - Whether for good or ill , or just hiding that awful building in the back xD I too think it should stay. Even though at one time it represented a communist regime that once enslaved us .... now I think it evolved or at least be a grim reminder of that times, a harbinger of what is to come should we not resist. Thanks for Your opinions.

 

[tjs282]

I do not know where this building is or what it is for.

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Not a building at all, actually a slide for giants.

To me it suggested a giant crazy-golf obstacle...

 

[Kyriakos]

 

[Kyriakos]

Dystopian housing project in Paris.

 

[red_elk]

Ministry of automobile roads, Tbilisi, 1975

Institute of robotics and cybernetics, built in Leningrad, 1987

 

[The_J]

TBH the last view look quite interesting.

 

[Kyriakos]

Mexico. Combining all the problems of a suburb and a city center.
The living environment isn't likely to make you more lawful.

 

[EgonSpengler]

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Dystopian housing project in Paris.

This one reminds me of the old Charles Street Jail. Same architectural style. Mid-19th-Century, that was.

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Mexico. Combining all the problems of a suburb and a city center.
The living environment isn't likely to make you more lawful.

Do people who live there get lost and walk into the wrong house all the time?

 

[Kyriakos]

This one reminds me of the old Charles Street Jail. Same architectural style. Mid-19th-Century, that was.


Do people who live there get lost and walk into the wrong house all the time?

While now with gps, it should be easy to locate the house, it would have been a problem for many in the past

 

[red_elk]

Solar furnace, part of high-temperature research institute. Uzbekistan, 1981.

 

[Birdjaguar]

3D printed Mosque

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/3d-printed-mosque-dubai-spc-intl/index.html

 

[Birdjaguar]

Mexico. Combining all the problems of a suburb and a city center.
The living environment isn't likely to make you more lawful.

And what is your solution to housing people? 40 story high rises?

 

[Samson]

3D printed Mosque

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/3d-printed-mosque-dubai-spc-intl/index.html

From that:

Presumably that is something like the technique in the paper posted above:

Spoiler Images from paper and CNN :

 

[Kyriakos]

From that:

Presumably that is something like the technique in the paper posted above:

Spoiler Images from paper and CNN :

Presenting the Talos drone:

 

[Kyriakos]

 

[Samson]

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If that is not a slide the world is very wrong.

 

[Kyriakos]

If that is not a slide the world is very wrong.

It is actually a temple...

 

[Kyriakos]

Old Man and the Hashe.

 

[Kyriakos]

Beautiful.
Imagine living in one of the tall buildings, and your view is the sea of slums.