Architecture + Design: Architectural masterpieces of the concrete jungle - "Little fairy tale".
Greetings friends!
Finding interesting architectural structures can sometimes seem like a very difficult task, especially when you are looking for them inside the sleeping quarters of the Soviet Union era, which were built between 1970 and 1990.
At that time, the housing problem was being solved very actively and standard, multi-storey buildings with standard apartments were being built everywhere.
Such a concept as private property did not exist; they tried in every possible way to eradicate it.
Your apartment and your land plot belonged to the state, but they were given to you, theoretically, free of charge, but in practice, low salaries, this was the price for your home, but you could get a roof over your head.
When the residential buildings were being built, according to the general plan, each house had a small plot of land, where there was a playground, clothes dryers and beams for knocking out carpets.
Kindergartens and schools were built in each microdistrict.
in such neighborhoods one could get lost, because they looked alike.
In this photo you can see a typical panel, nine-storey residential building of that era.
Such steel structures have become small architectural forms, almost, near every residential building, here, you can knock out and knock out the carpet.
The land plot in front of the house was small and the playgrounds became smaller every year.
But, although the government wanted to eradicate the concept of "private property", there were people who dreamed of having their own garage near the house and a small piece of land.
The principle worked here - Who is the most perspicacious, he had time!
Usually, on the outskirts of such houses, everything was overgrown with weeds, but, sometimes, small sheds were installed there, where residents of the house could store unnecessary trash.
This is called self-seizure of the territory and such sheds, at any moment, the authorities could demolish. There was a bit of adventurism in that, lol.
This is probably one of the most advanced barn complexes, and apparently even contained animals such as rabbits and birds, chickens and pigeons.
These sheds grew on the border of the courtyard of a residential building and the territory of a kindergarten.
One small but very interesting shed made me stop and take a series of photographs that got the name, which you can see in the title of this post.
He became his hero!
This barn, or, I would say about it, as a tower, consists of three tiers, which are worthy of careful inspection.
It is a small architectural masterpiece created by a man who clearly had an architectural talent and was a very creative designer.
He managed to combine several architectural styles in this small building, which he created with great love.
Here, you can see the work of a stone mason, carpenter, joiner and blacksmith. This man has many talents.
I suggest starting from the lower tier.
The first floor, or the tier of this small architectural form, is built of bricks and plastered.
We see a massive, wooden door with forged elements.
This buffalo, apparently, is a symbol of the Dacian tribes, a symbol of perseverance and unshakable will to win.
The person who created this looked like a white crow among his neighbors, he needed a lot of willpower to go forward.
In the neighborhood, we see the sheds of those who did not attach importance to the external appearance of the buildings.
I think the bottom tier was used to store a bicycle, fishing tackle and other utensils.
The rusted padlock indicates that there has been no one here for a long time.
Between the first and second tier, we see some semblance of waterproofing to protect the wooden structures of the second tier of the structure.
Steel skids, I think, serve to strengthen the structure. But, most likely, it was a material that a person could find on scrap metal and use in construction.
I can only make a guess, but I think. that the second and third tier were used as a dovecote.
The combination of wooden structures of Russian architecture and Gothic architecture cannot go unnoticed.
This window is worthy of a Gothic cathedral!
Probably, the creator of this masterpiece was a Catholic, but he liked Russian, folk tales and he decided to combine it all.
Time is what is ruthless to such structures.
Each element is handcrafted.
The high humidity of our climate creates favorable conditions for the development of fungi and for the growth of mosses and lichens on wooden structures.
The design of the third tier, at first glance, looks like a birdhouse, but you need to look closely.
The coat of arms with a sword, the symbolism of the Vikings, decorating the edging of the roof, speaks of the warlike nature of the one who created it, lol.
I am not a pigeon breeder, but I think the pigeons got inside the structure through this grid system.
We can say that this is a real, but very small house, which has an intricate roof, windows and doors.
Even birds need light.
I think that this is precisely the symbolism of the Vikings, and not the Old Church Slavonic symbolism.
The roof is made of steel plates that have served for quite a long time.
Am I sleeping?
Look at this window and this magnificent stained glass window!
It is a pity that you cannot look at this stained glass from the inside.
This is a great combination of wood, glass, metal and stucco.
I do not know how many more years this barn will stand here, but it is worthy that it would go down in the history of architecture.
Such finds force you to be more attentive where you cannot make interesting finds a priori.
For my publications, I do not use stock photographs, it is fundamentally important for me to use photographs that I have made with my own hands for publication and I can name them - authorial work.
