Remove features soviet-playgrounds
article thumbnail

New photo book looks at how Soviet playgrounds bred communism, cosmology and culture

Creative Boom

© Zupagrafika Playgrounds seem like such innocent spaces, purposefully designed for children. And yet, throughout the former USSR, various play spaces reveal the residing ideology and intent of the Soviet Union. Now with these structures largely lying empty, they are a faint memory of a former Soviet childhood.

Theme 299
article thumbnail

Concrete Hong Kong: learn about architecture through foldout models

Creative Boom

Then, the book's second half immerses readers in a hands-on experience, featuring six pre-cut and pre-folded models ready to be pressed out and assembled. II (2021), The Tenants (2022), Soviet Playgrounds (2022), Słup (2023) and Brutalia (2023).