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Urban exploration, Light painting, Concrete addict. Made in China, Based in Spain. Part-time human being.

09/02/2023

Hotel Galéria Spirit, Bratislava, Slovakia.

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07/02/2023

The Slovak Radio Building, (Budova Slovenského rozhlasu), Bratislava, Slovakia.
Architects: Štefan Svetko, Štefan Ďurkovič, Barnabáš Kissling
Year: 1967-1983

The building is shaped like an upside-down pyramid. Locals also refer to it as the Radio Diamant. It is 80 meters high and has a 522-seat concert hall with a large concert organ.

The Slovak Radio Building belongs to one of Bratislava's architectural landmarks. It was constructed at a time when socialist realism was the official architectural style in Czechoslovakia. Nonetheless, the architects were afforded considerable leeway to experiment with the design of the building. One of the architects, Štefan Svetko, later observed that "during those years, architecture began to escape ideology, the stupidity of prefabricated blocks, and continued the pre-war tradition when we made good buildings comparable with developments elsewhere in the world"

The Slovak Radio Building was one of the first major buildings in Slovakia to utilize a steel frame instead of prefabricated concrete panels which were ubiquitous at the time.

The Slovak Radio Building has divided public opinion ever since its unveiling. While some architects consider it one of the country's most important buildings conversant with contemporary architectural styles in the world, others consider it ugly and synonymous with communist oppression.

In 2017, the building was declared a cultural heritage monument in Slovakia.

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05/02/2023

Parish of the Good Shepherd (Katholische Kirche Zum Guten Hirten), Vienna, Austria.
Architects: Herta, Ceno Kosak
Year: 1963–1965

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03/02/2023

Umspannwerk Favoriten (Substation Favorite), Vienna, Austria.
Architects: Eugen Kastner, Fritz Waage
Built: 1929-1931

The functional building represents "the international influence of the constructive coupling of self-sufficient volumes" and was possibly influenced by Soviet revolutionary architecture. The building, which was built on a triangular plot of land that was rather unfavorable for the purpose, is characterized by a purely technical need, namely the accommodating large transformers, an obligatory design that lines rounded up or interlocks and angular structures, which gives the building a futuristic and technocratic character. Supported by the three-sided floor plan, the association of a large ship's hull is also obvious: Eugen Kastner and Fritz Waage have, for example, designed the chief office as a command bridge projecting beyond the building, as is common on ships. Circular windows are reminiscent of the portholes of an ocean liner.

Today, the Favoriten substation is one of the oldest substations of Wiener Netze GmbH, which is still in operation after the technical equipment was renewed. Because of its special shape, the building has repeatedly been used as a film backdrop.

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02/02/2023

Spittelau incinerator, Vienna, Austria.
Architect: Hundertwasser
Year: 1960, 1987

This is one of Vienna’s municipal waste incinerators, producing energy for around 50,000 Viennese households (and heating and warm water for 60,000).

The facility itself first went up in the late 1960s, but needed extensive repairs after a fire broke out in 1987.

That seemed an opportune moment to make something more of the incinerator, and the authorities eventually persuaded artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser to redesign the chimney and façade. All changes were completed by the early 1990s.

Although Hundertwasser might best be described as a painter, his architectural and design work has, perhaps, left the biggest impression on the public consciousness.

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01/02/2023

Flakturm VII G-Turm Augarten, Flak tower, Augarten, Vienna, Austria.

Flak towers (German: Flaktürme) were large, above-ground, anti-aircraft gun blockhouse towers constructed by N**i Germany. There were 8 flak tower complexes in the cities of Berlin (three), Hamburg (two), and Vienna (three) from 1940 onwards. Other cities that used flak towers included Stuttgart and Frankfurt. Smaller single-purpose flak towers were built at key outlying German strongpoints, such as at Angers in France, and Helgoland in Germany.

The towers were operated by the Luftwaffe to defend against Allied strategic air raids against these cities during World War II. They also served as air-raid shelters for tens of thousands of local civilians.

G-Tower in Augarten, Vienna is the 3rd generation, it remains empty. The entire northeast and half of the east 20 mm gun platforms, including the connecting walkways, were removed in 2007 due to deterioration. The tower itself has been reinforced with steel cables encircling the entire structure: 12 cables are located above the gun nests, 6 just below, and an additional 4 midway up the tower. The tower is home to thousands of pigeons which nest on every platform and opening. The tower suffered an internal explosion, and several floors near the top are missing on one side. The west side of the structure is also used as a cellular communications tower.

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31/01/2023

Wotrubakirche, Church of the Holy Trinity, Vienna, Austria.

Architect: Fritz Wotruba, Fritz Gerhard Mayr
Year: 1974-1976

As a classic brutalist architecture, Wotrubakirche is a Roman Catholic church made of 150 concrete blocks on the Georgenberg in southwest Vienna. It consists of 152 unfaced concrete blocks between 0.84 m3 and 64 m3; the highest block measures 13.10 meters. The light falls through simple panes of glass set in irregular spaces, resulting in intersecting beams of light.

The building was created on the initiative of Margarethe Ottilinger - a senior civil servant kidnapped to Russia in 1948. It was built from August 1974 to October 1976 according to designs by the sculptor Fritz Wotruba and plans by the architect Fritz Gerhard Mayr.

The sculptor Wotruba explained in his own words:
"Creating something that shows that poverty doesn't have to be ugly, that renunciation can be in an environment that, despite the greatest simplicity, is beautiful and also makes you happy."

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