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Architecture, Past, Photo

Soviet Era, like in Space, Photos

Photos: Soviet Era like in Space. Following this previous article ‘Photos: Soviet Era, like frozen in time‘ by Russian photographer Danila Tkachenko, here is a more intimate approach, almost in a case, of machines linked to the Soviet Era:
2017, Project “Lost Horizon”.

Soviet Era, like in Space: Model of the first artificial satellite of the Earth. St-Petersburg, 2016
Model of the first artificial satellite of the Earth. St-Petersburg, 2016

Soviet Era, like in Space: Model of the rocket which carried the first cosmonaut into space. Moscow, 2016
Model of the rocket which carried the first cosmonaut into space. Moscow, 2016

Soviet Era, like in Space: Marx generator for highenergy-energy physics experiments. Moscow Oblast, 2016
Marx generator for high-energy physics experiments. Moscow Oblast, 2016

Soviet Era, like in Space: Hotel ''Saucer''. Dombai, 2016
Hotel ”Saucer”. Dombai, 2016

Summary list of the photos

  1. Model of the first artificial satellite of the Earth. St-Petersburg, 2016
  2. Model of the rocket which carried the first cosmonaut into space. Moscow, 2016
  3. Marx generator for high-energy physics experiments. Moscow Oblast, 2016
  4. Hotel ”Saucer”. Dombai, 2016

More photographies of Soviet Era like in Space by Russian photographer Danila Tkachenko, from the project “Lost Horizon” on the author’s website.

Also, check this post Photos: Soviet Era, like frozen in time from same photographer Danila Tkachenko; then you’d maybe find interest to this post, by photographer Andrey Shapran Photos: Soviet Era, like frozen in time, different perspective.

Architecture, Drawings

Architectural drawings, in ballpoint pen, by Tomoyuki Tanaka.

[Version Française ici]

Tomoyuki Tanaka is an unusual Japanese architect, able to draw Architectural drawings in ballpoint pen in two weeks, freehand and ballpoint pen architectural plans. The result is fascinating, without a computer nor software, the plans are to scale.
Here is a quick overview of Shinjuku Station, “one of the world’s biggest, and busiest, transportation hubs”.

Architectural drawings freehand in ballpoint pen: Shinjuku Station
Here is a zoom on Shinjuku Station, to realize the plot:

Architectural drawings freehand in ballpoint pen: Shinjuku Station Zoom
Below is Tokyo Station
Architectural drawings freehand in ballpoint pen: Tokyo Station

Another zoom, over Tokyo Station, to realize the plot:
Architectural drawings freehand in ballpoint pen: Tokyo Station Zoom
For those who have not read the articles these last weeks, you will find them and have more details about Architectural drawings in ballpoint pen on Wired and fastcodesign websites.

Architecture, Past, Photo

Photos: Soviet Era, like frozen in time

Danila Tkachenko was born in Moscow in 1989. In 2014 he graduated from the Rodchenko Moscow School of Photography and Multimedia, department of documentary photography. Danila Tkachenko Soviet Era, like frozen in time. Part of his work, “Restricted Areas” project, capturing and captivating, like a fossilisation of the Soviet era, is exposed to:

Calvert 22 Foundation in London: Power and Architecture Exhibition Program.

Headquarters of Communist Party.

Former residential buildings in a deserted polar scientific town specialised on biological research.

Danila Tkachenko, Soviet Era, like frozen in time - Ruins of experimental laser system

Danila Tkachenko, Soviet Era, like frozen in time - Deserted observatory located in the area with the best conditions for space observations. Kazakhstan, Almaty region, 2015

More photographies of Soviet Era like frozen in time by Russian photographer Danila Tkachenko, from the project “Restricted Areas” on the author’s website.

Also, check this post, Photos: Soviet Era, like in Space, same author and topic.

Then you’d maybe find interest to this post, by photographer Andrey Shapran Photos: Soviet Era, like frozen in time, different perspective.