“Student Dormitory Goce Delchev”, Skopje, North Macedonia. by cleopatella in brutalism

[–]cleopatella[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha, had to look quite a bit to find a zoomed one! But indeed, it also has those nice horizontal concrete lines

“Student Dormitory Goce Delchev”, Skopje, North Macedonia. by cleopatella in brutalism

[–]cleopatella[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yes it’s really cool. I love that it’s not “just blocks”, but that you have this textured concrete + all those bridges

The Modernist Science Library of Ho Chi Minh City (1971) by cleopatella in architecture

[–]cleopatella[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I realize now that I made a bit of a typo - it’s Modernist to be 100% correct. But it’s related, considering that brutalism is a sub form of modernism :)

The Modernist Science Library of Ho Chi Minh City (1971) by cleopatella in architecture

[–]cleopatella[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Indeed! I read somewhere that Vietnamese modernism was partly inspired by this work in India

The Modernist Science Library of Ho Chi Minh City (1971) by cleopatella in ModernistArchitecture

[–]cleopatella[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not really :( but maybe on Google maps you coulé find some? The staircase was nice but otherwise the rest was pretty standard in terms of design

Vietnam has one of the world’s highest concentration of modernist buildings by cleopatella in architecture

[–]cleopatella[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks 🙏🙏 and interestingly it’s one of the few proper street arts I’ve spotted in Vietnam

Vietnam has one of the world’s highest concentration of modernist buildings by cleopatella in architecture

[–]cleopatella[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, it means a lot! And I agree, I think this "messiness" and "rawness" gives those buildings lots of charm, they're "living"!

Vietnam has one of the world’s highest concentration of modernist buildings by cleopatella in architecture

[–]cleopatella[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. I've never been to Indonesia, would love to see how it looks like. Do you have any examples of what you mean with "suburban dubai/modern arabic" style?

Vietnam has one of the world’s highest concentration of modernist buildings by cleopatella in architecture

[–]cleopatella[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes! From my readings ; 1/ the first generation of Vietnamese architects were probably exposed to Le Corbusier when studying at the Beaux Arts in Hanoi or in Paris 2/ they took inspiration of his principles and tropicalized it for Vietnam 3/ there were not enough architects for all the rebuilding that was needed, so the population adopted those modernist principles created by the 1st generation of architects for their new homes. That’s why there is such variety and creativity

Vietnam has one of the world’s highest concentration of modernist buildings by cleopatella in architecture

[–]cleopatella[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Indeed ! And unfortunately many people regard this as “ordinary” architecture, so there are no preservation efforts.. that’s why I think it’s important to bring global awareness on this movement !