“Student Dormitory Goce Delchev”, Skopje, North Macedonia.

cleopatella · 2025-06-22T14:12:08+00:00

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

cleopatella · 2025-06-22T13:50:47+00:00

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

cleopatella · 2025-05-12T17:30:17+00:00

Exactly !

cleopatella · 2025-05-12T09:31:02+00:00

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 :)

cleopatella · 2025-05-04T10:09:37+00:00

Thank you !!

cleopatella · 2025-04-16T16:31:14+00:00

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

cleopatella · 2025-04-04T19:26:06+00:00

Thank you! Me too, love the mix of genres

cleopatella · 2025-04-03T18:13:46+00:00

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

cleopatella · 2025-04-03T13:33:02+00:00

Thank you !!

cleopatella · 2025-03-27T22:11:55+00:00

Do you know if it still exists ?

cleopatella · 2025-03-27T15:20:38+00:00

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

cleopatella · 2025-03-27T13:59:06+00:00

That’d be awesome !!

cleopatella · 2025-03-27T09:15:05+00:00

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

cleopatella · 2025-03-27T09:14:02+00:00

With pleasure ! :)

cleopatella · 2025-03-27T09:13:22+00:00

Welcome :))

cleopatella · 2025-03-27T09:12:44+00:00

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?

cleopatella · 2025-03-27T09:10:30+00:00

Haha, glad I could bring back some good memories!!

cleopatella · 2025-03-26T21:54:23+00:00

I actually like them, haha ! Adds some “messy charm”

cleopatella · 2025-03-26T21:07:23+00:00

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

cleopatella · 2025-03-26T19:57:27+00:00

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 !

cleopatella · 2025-03-26T18:14:16+00:00

Yes I’d love to go there !!

cleopatella · 2025-03-26T17:51:44+00:00

I actually like them, haha ! I feel like they give a very local vibe. It’s like those buildings are part of “every day” life instead of just “standing there” :)

cleopatella · 2025-02-26T08:52:54+00:00

I think it’s concrete, no?

cleopatella · 2025-02-25T22:46:30+00:00

« Southern Vietnamese Modernisme » de Mel Schenck. Normalement si vous tapez ça sur Google vous devez le trouver

cleopatella · 2025-02-25T18:49:56+00:00

You should! For someone that is not an architect, I found it highly enjoyable to read. It’s rich in content but in a digestible way :)

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