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Brutalism Friday
“Miniatures”, Frank Kunert
Model maker and photographer Frank Kunert explores the "absurdity of life" through his meticulous architectural models with a twist.
The German artist's handmade miniatures recreate seemingly normal scenes that, upon further inspection, reveal a surreal scenario.#utilitarianarchitecture #concrete #brutalism #brutalism #brutalismfriday #brutalisticarchitecture #architecture #concreteconstruction
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“Monument to the Resistance”, by Paolo Castelli (1967-1968), Macerata, Italy [Pic: Roberto Conte (2021)]
Located in central Italy, this 1960s monument commemorates the local resistance movement that fought against Nazism and Fascism during World War two.
Built in the same year of the Apollo 11 mission on the Moon, the monument connects the craters of the war fields of the past with the lunar crater of the future. The design implies the meaning of a changing era of humanity, from bomb craters to lunar craters, from the era of fighting for peace to the era of developing science, from past history to future projections.
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“Villa Gontero”, Cumiana, Italy. Carlo Graffi, Sergio Musmeci (1971)
The client, Riccardo Gontero, is a Turin entrepreneur, owner of the company Impresa Cementi Armati, a company that specializes in reenforced concrete . Relatively forgotten in the last couple of decades, ‘Villa Gontero’ has been carefully renovated in recent times.
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“St. Klemenz Church”, Bettlach, Switzerland
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“The Monitor Building at Beckton Sewage Treatment Works”
It wasn’t until the Great Stink of 1858 – a period of a few months in which hot weather made the stench of human waste and effluent in the Thames unbearable – that the government decided to work on a permanent and adequate underground sewerage system. In 1864, Joseph Bazalgette drew up a plan to construct a total of 1,182 miles of mains and street sewers to divert wastewater to the outskirts of London.
The Monitor Building at Beckton STW was commissioned in 1967 and designed by architects at the Public Health Engineering Department. The most striking aspect of its design are the four legs which support its raised structure, giving it the appearance of a large concrete quadruped walking across the works.
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“Institut für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie” Fehling+Gogel, Berlin, 1966–74
Great importance was placed on the quality of the exposed concrete of the building shell. In order to obtain soft curves and a fine surface structure, attention was paid to particularly precise execution of the board formwork. This resulted in a consistent exposed concrete building that is unique in Berlin in such careful execution. The design responds to the neighborhood by gradually increasing the building masses and creating a five-story office and laboratory block with the front facing the old village center.
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“Johannes XXIII Church”, Heinz Buchmann and Josef Rikus, 1968, Cologne
The Johannes XXIII church inspires mixed feelings as ugly structure or masterpiece. While the exterior construction is dominated by concrete, the interior is much more complex, with coloured glass windows dipping the church in warm light. A rare example of unusual Catholic architecture, this is well worth a visit.
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“Maunsell Army Forts”, Guy Maunsell, Thames Estuary, 1942
Part of the Thames Estuary defense network, the anti-aircraft defense consisted of a cluster of seven stilted buildings surrounding a central command tower. Operational, catwalks connected the buildings. They were built on land and then transported to their watery homes. Originally there were three of these forts, but only two are left standing: the Redsands Fort and the Shivering Sands Fort.
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“Wotruba Church”, Mayer, Vienna Fritz Wotruba/Fritz Gerhard Mayr, 1964
An iconic brutalist design, created from 152 concrete blocks whose weight ranges from 1.8 to 141 tons. The idea of a church was first conceived by Fritz Wotruba in 1964 and the location was chosen separately, a relevant point as the current site was formerly home to Nazi barracks.
Wotruba, a sculptor attributed his inspiration for the church on his visit to Chartres Cathedral in France. The architect, Mayr, worked with Fritz Wotruba to bring his extraordinary sculptural brutalist design to life, creating a space that is equally a sacred space and a living sculptural tribute to Wotruba, who died before the project was completed.
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“Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (FIESP)”. One of San Paulo’s major architectural landmarks and one of the main attractions on Paulista Avenue due to its pyramid shape. The building is 325 feet high and is one of the largest buildings on the Avenue. The building was built by Rino Levi's architectural firm in 1979. In 1998, and redesigned by the architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha to include the construction of a cultural center on the ground floor.
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“Lycée Sainte Marie”, designed by Georges Adilon in La Verpillière, France, is an educational building built by raw materials such as concrete, wood, glass, and metal. The windows are designed especially to be unique to emphasize students’ uniqueness.
📸 Stefano Perego, Roberto Conte
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“North Christian Church” Eero Saarinen, 1959, Columbia, Indiana.
Saarinen was inspired by the steep steps at Angkor Wat and Borobudur and traditions that make a visitor interact with the architecture and gives a sense of magnanimity while entering the church. The odyssey from the exterior to interior is organically augmented to give worshippers a spiritual experience.
The use of earthy materials, grey slate floors, dark mahogany pews to the spirited formal geometries, the architecture strives to create a pious ambiance that is intimate and subliminal. The decompression of the chamber, grey slate floors, dark mahogany pews, and eerie natural lighting induce a sense of awe in the visitor.#1950s #utilitarianarchitecture #concrete #brutalism #brutalism #brutalismfriday #brutalisticarchitecture #architecture #concreteconstruction
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“Ventilation Shaft of the Arlberg Road Tunnel (1974-78) in Arlberg, Austria. Photo by Victor S. Brigola.
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