Soviet Modernism. Brutalism. Post-modernism | Short Film

Short film in support of the upcoming book Soviet Modernism. Brutalism. Post-modernism. Buildings and Projects in Ukraine 1960–1990 (Osnovy Publishing / DOM publishers).
Its a wonderful representation of Kyiv's eclectic architectural beauty. Unfortunately we might be seeing the last of some of these outstanding buildings.

Producer / Director — Roman Blazhan
DOP — Mikhail Volkov
Music — Horizon Music Studio / Aleks Che

[thornbird]

Eastern Europe and USSR has amazing examples of brutalist architecture like nowhere else on earth .

[bettyng]

"Perhaps, in 10 years, there will be nothing left from those objects in their original shape, many will be remodeled or demolished."

Very foreboding, but for the wrong reasons.

[Devnci]

Far too cool! Love this. I’m seeing this short-sightedness in my own city, it’s heart-breaking.

Tschumi remarked how people appreciate alive or completely dead architecture but not rotting architecture. And that where the former generation’s architecture often lies.

[casiash]

I always wondered the story behind those giant brutalist buildings in Russia and whereabouts. This is nostalgic and to know that the goverment wont help refurbish or maintain those magestic pieces has a bittersweet tint at the end for me

[Fate]

i will get back to this video whenever i doubt my decision to go into architecture, the feeling it provoked in me is immense and showed me how i'm going to be a type of person i'll like being through giving my all to this profession

[NostalgicMemries]

aesthetic and nostalgic. cheers from lithuania

[MultiJokus]

I'm so happy that I can still walk outside and see modernism architecture in my city

[runpandarun]

Just got here and it was so informative and yet so aesthetically beautiful

[nia]

Hey, my boyfriend and I are planning to renovate our post-soviet apartment into a modern style apartment, how many of you would be interested in seeing the progress?

[andro]

Modernism is beautiful. Preserve, renovate and celebrate it.

[ИгорьГорбунов-вв]

Прекрасное видео, оно без сложных терминов смогло донести атмосферу и суть советского модернизма. И этот стук секундой стрелки в конце...шедевр!

[brandondewys]

There has always been something amazing about these types of buildings

[JustinRM]

Sadly one of the first things that came to my mind when the Russian invasion of Ukraine commenced was this this video and Ukraine's beautiful, imposing architecture. I truly hope the cultural heritage of Ukraine will not be lost to Russian barbarism.

[NickAndriadze]

Despite essentially also being modernism, there's something so elegant and imposing about Brutalism, especially that of the Soviet era. It didn't feel soulless or sterilized, if anything it was the _complete opposite._

[alexgoliaff]

True, the modernism is different way of thinking, it has no connection with past... unfortunately it’s true that the modernism of 60’s and 20’s century lost they revolution, but it doesn’t mean that is defeated

[dariag.]

I was born in one of those buildings. I can't tell you how depressing it is in winter, everything is grey. However, in my opinion, the problem is that many of those are neglected. If they were renovated and washed, it would be a different experience. By the way, the first image is of the crematorium. It's super depressing inside, with a cold ambiance. It definitely didn't help grieving families. Overall, it's interesting to see these buildings one time, but not live among them.

[djmk]

What happened in Ukraine and elsewhere in the world with regard to 1960’s architecture has happened pretty much everywhere. Many of the 1960’s and 1970’s architectural styles has become extinct. Lots of mid-century modern and brutalist architectural styles have disappeared or have been streamlined over through multiple renovations. Many of the mid-century modern (MCM) marvels are now tragically extinct and gone, but not forgotten!

[공상가-tc]

"they lost their revolution" pans out to giant advertisement on the side of an old soviet building, that's poetic

[saiborg]

This video is cleaner than my grandma’s kitchen.

[TK]

This architectural style looks great in anamorphic. (Saw the link on the Anamorphic Shooters Facebook group)