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Edificio GIRÓN This 17 floors brutalist complex was the first coup de foudre in La Habana. Built in 1967 in the Vedado neighbourhood, the building faces the sea on the Malecon boulevard. It was designed in 1967 by Antonio Quintana and Alberto Rodríguez. It was revolutionary from a construction point of view since it was the first building to use […] jo pixel No responses 2014-11-27
Renaming Hellersdorf Recently we did a survey in the area of Hellersdorf along the last stations of the S-Bahn line 5. One of the most recent big development areas of former East Berlin, one of the last still adopting the prefabricated, high rise building, typical dormitory city approach. A neighbourhood already under observation for the RCP project. This time […] jo pixel No responses 2014-10-17
Spomenik, Kosmaj The monuments (spomenika) that Tito commissioned to artists and architects to commemorate events of the Second World War are one of the most capturing outcomes of a modernist idea of Yugoslavia. These works translate in concrete gestures the aspiration to settle a national identity and commemorate traumatic history without nationalist rhetoric, revering the past while translating […] jo pixel No responses 2013-09-24
New Belgrade Day 3- Here come the tough guys… At the other extremity of Novi Belgrade from the historical centre, Bloks 61, 62, 63 are among the most extreme neighbourhoods of the city. Long transversal strips of high rise buildings connect two main bulevars. Pedestrian elevated floors are separated by the garages at the bottom level Between […] jo pixel No responses 2013-09-17
New Belgrade Day two. Of old and new spaces, displaced and replaced people. New and old typologies of public space reflected. One of the few places in Novi Belgrade to have a name, aside from a number. Blok 28 is called Televizorke, because the windows look like TV sets from the 60’s. The long strips between the […] jo pixel No responses 2013-09-17
New Belgrade An exercise in urban reconnaissance, Belgrade September 4-7, 2013. Day one. From water and sand to concrete. Laying the groundwork for next episode of R:CP, we did a 3 days survey in Novi Beograd. We focused our attention on public space as the starting point to develop an investigation on the city. Public space in […] jo pixel No responses 2013-09-15
Moscow in winter The city looks more natural, or maybe less un-natural in the winter light. Perhaps our gaze is more domesticated, more used to the everyday dimension of this megalopolis, but details at human scale show on the surface of our perception. jo pixel No responses 2011-12-20
Kiev jo pixel No responses 2011-05-23
Hotel Yugoslavia Hotel Yugoslavia is one of the most interesting and representative architectures of Novi Beograd. The beautiful hotel is out of service at the moment. It is still in a good shape, and most of the original furniture is in place. It has been bought by an international chain, and is waiting to be redeveloped starting […] jo pixel No responses 2010-06-22
Kodynskoe field development jo pixel No responses 2009-10-14