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A Soviet-era airport, once the height of luxury, faces demolition in Armenia

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Re: A Soviet-era airport, once the height of luxury, faces demolition in Armenia

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Post by firasd »

expathacker wrote: post #3
fergie wrote: post #2

In 10 years time these soviet-era monuments are going to be coveted and preserved.

Will we have a hipster fad of "Retro-brutalism"?

I think the Delhi metro is a good example of appropriate contemporary usage of brutalism: https://imgur.com/a/oJm9qHy

If the concrete was plastered and painted it would look bad after only a couple months in the sun and rain. (Medieval rulers had a similar idea but using red sandstone instead of concrete: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Fort#/media/File:Red_Fort_... )

Re: A Soviet-era airport, once the height of luxury, faces demolition in Armenia

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Post by toyg »

It looks really nice, but this picture is revealing: https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/09/19/16/4396738-6185497-im...

The bit on the left, I assume, is the modern terminal. Notice the scale. The old building is small, for modern use. If it gets preserved, they must find a way to generate some additional income, because it's probably too obsolete to do that as an actual airport.

Re: A Soviet-era airport, once the height of luxury, faces demolition in Armenia

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Post by toyg »

raverbashing wrote: post #4

Luxury and Soviet Era really don't go together. See Berlin Schönefeld for an example.

I might agree on the sentiment but East Germany was not part of the USSR, technically.

The USSR proper had some very interesting periods, in terms of architecture. Like all countries that could start basically from scratch, they were free to experiment and dream; some of those dreams turned into nightmares, but others did advance the state of the art.

Re: A Soviet-era airport, once the height of luxury, faces demolition in Armenia

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Post by raverbashing »

toyg wrote: post #8
raverbashing wrote: post #4

Luxury and Soviet Era really don't go together. See Berlin Schönefeld for an example.

I might agree on the sentiment but East Germany was not part of the USSR, technically. The USSR proper had some very interesting periods, in terms of architecture. Like all countries that could start basically from scratch, they were free to experiment and dream; some of those dreams turned into nightmares, but others did advance the state of the art.

Well while it was not annexed by the USSR like Armenia it was behind the Iron Curtain.
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