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I Don’t Carioca: Awesome Abandonments Of Rio de Janeiro

15 Aug

[ By Steve in Abandoned Places & Architecture. ]

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Rio de Janeiro may host the 2016 Olympics but Brazil‘s most picturesque and second-most populous city also boasts a host of infamous abandoned buildings.

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Perhaps the most notorious and obvious abandonment in Rio de Janeiro, the 37-story Torre Abraham Lincoln (also known as Torre H) sticks out of western Rio’s Barra da Tijuca district like a sore thumb. Sealed off by plywood hoardings and guarded by round-the-clock security to keep squatters out, the Oscar Niemeyer-designed apartment building is collectively owned by its roughly 250 (out of 454) individual unit owners… who have owed property taxes on their units for decades though they’ve never moved in.

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The second of a proposed 76 residential apartment buildings meant to transform Barra da Tijuca before the advent of unrestrained development, Torre H has sat frozen in time since 1972 when construction was halted due to concerns about the building’s structural integrity. The neighboring Torre Charles de Gaulle, fully occupied and functional, offers a clue of what a utopian Rio de Janeiro might have looked like.

Above & Beyond

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You’d think a hotel built in the mountains overlooking metro Rio de Janeiro would be a sure thing… and you’d be wrong, at least in this case. Modern Brazil brings us this stark image of an abandoned hotel that once offered unparalleled views but is now itself the focus of visual interest.

No Park King

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Park Albanoel is an abandoned Christmas-themed fun park located in Itaguai, just west of metro Rio de Janeiro. The park was the brainchild of the late entrepreneur Albano Reis, known affectionately as Santa Claus Quintino. Unfortunately, however, the founder’s heirs did not share his vision and the park is now home to four families invited to homestead there by the owners.

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Unfortunately for those families, the park’s swampy and low-lying landscape is also home to mosquitoes carrying the Dengue fever virus. Kudos to Flickr user chrisgj6 for posted the above images taken at Park Albanoel in mid-August of 2013.

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Best from Above: Drone Views of 6 Philadelphia Abandonments

18 Nov

[ By WebUrbanist in Abandoned Places & Architecture. ]

Some of the most fascinating parts of certain deserted buildings in Philadelphia cannot even be seen from below, making this drone footage shot by Matt Satell of Philly by Air all the more revealing.

Spring Garden School

Take the Spring Garden Public School, for instance, the roof of which is enclosed in a an arched grid of fencing that wraps an outdoor gym and recreation area for students. “This abandoned public school was built in 1931 and designed by the Philadelphia School District” explains drone pilot and urban photographer Matt Satell. “There have been proposals discussed to convert the structure into a residential building, but nothing has been finalized yet.”

The PECO Delaware Station is situated adjacent to the Penn Treaty Park in Fishtown, its outcroppings of both natural overgrowth and artificial stacks far more visible by air. “This coal-fired power plant first opened its doors in 1920. It was originally designed by John T. Windram, who also designed the Franklin Institute. The plant was owned by Exelon Generation until 2015 when it was sold to Bart Blatstein and Joseph Volpe who have plans to build boutique hotels.”

Quaker Storage Building

Other buildings featured are on historical registers, or the subject of redevelopment plans or (as in the case of the Richmond Power Station) are already famous for being featured in films such as 12 Monkeys, Transformers 2 and The Last Airbender. The Quaker Storage Building, Dreuding Brothers Building and Willow Steam Plant (each shown in the embedded video above) all have elements best captured – and are perhaps only truly comprehensible as a whole – when viewed from above as well as below.

Meanwhile, if you enjoyed your brief tour of Philadelphia’s most prominent abandonments, you can take a further aerial flight around the city with the video above, likewise documented via Philly by Air.

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Strung Along: Twine Guides Visitors Through Abandonments

11 Nov

[ By WebUrbanist in Global & Urbex & Parkour. ]

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Acting as a minimalist and silent tour guide, lengths of black yarn were carefully suspended to direct guests along a route through the broken walls of a deserted series of tightly-packed structures in Beijing.

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Crafted by reMIX Studio, the intervention was part of a pop-up restaurant experience in which the dinner space was placed at the end of a string of rooms in an abandoned building complex.

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string pop up restaurant

Reprising the same visual theme, ceiling-suspended lights in this dark dining room were suspended from thin black cord as well.

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string abandonment secret route

A modest wood-paneled path was constructed to thread the rubble and refuse of the structure, with parallel and intersecting spiderwebs of twine providing directional indications on the sides and above.

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The direct trajectory was designed to take people through both interior and exterior spaces, small homes and their private courtyards. Bursting through walls, the journey exposes both the dwellings themselves and the materials of which they were made, giving visitors a unique perspective on the traditional dense Hutong neighborhoods of the city.

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string art guide path

Of their work, the studio writes: “We propose a new connective path that reveals the existing building secrets and tunnelling throughout the architectural body it highlights in few observations points the quality and characteristics of the future intervention. The system of new portals is a succession of points of view that … forces the visitors into an unexpected journey; challenging [the] imagination.”

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Strung Along: Twine Guides Visitors Through Abandonments

11 Nov

[ By WebUrbanist in Global & Urbex & Parkour. ]

string tour path planks

Acting as a minimalist and silent tour guide, lengths of black yarn were carefully suspended to direct guests along a route through the broken walls of a deserted series of tightly-packed structures in Beijing.

dezeen_The-Orchid-installation-by-reMIX-Studio_10

remix

Crafted by reMIX Studio, the intervention was part of a pop-up restaurant experience in which the dinner space was placed at the end of a string of rooms in an abandoned building complex.

string dining room ceiling

string pop up restaurant

Reprising the same visual theme, ceiling-suspended lights in this dark dining room were suspended from thin black cord as well.

string broken hutong walls

string abandonment secret route

A modest wood-paneled path was constructed to thread the rubble and refuse of the structure, with parallel and intersecting spiderwebs of twine providing directional indications on the sides and above.

string abandoned path tour

The direct trajectory was designed to take people through both interior and exterior spaces, small homes and their private courtyards. Bursting through walls, the journey exposes both the dwellings themselves and the materials of which they were made, giving visitors a unique perspective on the traditional dense Hutong neighborhoods of the city.

string light dark shadow

string art guide path

Of their work, the studio writes: “We propose a new connective path that reveals the existing building secrets and tunnelling throughout the architectural body it highlights in few observations points the quality and characteristics of the future intervention. The system of new portals is a succession of points of view that … forces the visitors into an unexpected journey; challenging [the] imagination.”

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Strung Along: Twine Guides Visitors Through Abandonments

11 Nov

[ By WebUrbanist in Global & Urbex & Parkour. ]

string tour path planks

Acting as a minimalist and silent tour guide, lengths of black yarn were carefully suspended to direct guests along a route through the broken walls of a deserted series of tightly-packed structures in Beijing.

dezeen_The-Orchid-installation-by-reMIX-Studio_10

remix

Crafted by reMIX Studio, the intervention was part of a pop-up restaurant experience in which the dinner space was placed at the end of a string of rooms in an abandoned building complex.

string dining room ceiling

string pop up restaurant

Reprising the same visual theme, ceiling-suspended lights in this dark dining room were suspended from thin black cord as well.

string broken hutong walls

string abandonment secret route

A modest wood-paneled path was constructed to thread the rubble and refuse of the structure, with parallel and intersecting spiderwebs of twine providing directional indications on the sides and above.

string abandoned path tour

The direct trajectory was designed to take people through both interior and exterior spaces, small homes and their private courtyards. Bursting through walls, the journey exposes both the dwellings themselves and the materials of which they were made, giving visitors a unique perspective on the traditional dense Hutong neighborhoods of the city.

string light dark shadow

string art guide path

Of their work, the studio writes: “We propose a new connective path that reveals the existing building secrets and tunnelling throughout the architectural body it highlights in few observations points the quality and characteristics of the future intervention. The system of new portals is a succession of points of view that … forces the visitors into an unexpected journey; challenging [the] imagination.”

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Strung Along: Twine Guides Visitors Through Abandonments

11 Nov

[ By WebUrbanist in Global & Urbex & Parkour. ]

string tour path planks

Acting as a minimalist and silent tour guide, lengths of black yarn were carefully suspended to direct guests along a route through the broken walls of a deserted series of tightly-packed structures in Beijing.

dezeen_The-Orchid-installation-by-reMIX-Studio_10

remix

Crafted by reMIX Studio, the intervention was part of a pop-up restaurant experience in which the dinner space was placed at the end of a string of rooms in an abandoned building complex.

string dining room ceiling

string pop up restaurant

Reprising the same visual theme, ceiling-suspended lights in this dark dining room were suspended from thin black cord as well.

string broken hutong walls

string abandonment secret route

A modest wood-paneled path was constructed to thread the rubble and refuse of the structure, with parallel and intersecting spiderwebs of twine providing directional indications on the sides and above.

string abandoned path tour

The direct trajectory was designed to take people through both interior and exterior spaces, small homes and their private courtyards. Bursting through walls, the journey exposes both the dwellings themselves and the materials of which they were made, giving visitors a unique perspective on the traditional dense Hutong neighborhoods of the city.

string light dark shadow

string art guide path

Of their work, the studio writes: “We propose a new connective path that reveals the existing building secrets and tunnelling throughout the architectural body it highlights in few observations points the quality and characteristics of the future intervention. The system of new portals is a succession of points of view that … forces the visitors into an unexpected journey; challenging [the] imagination.”

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Strung Along: Twine Guides Visitors Through Abandonments

11 Nov

[ By WebUrbanist in Global & Urbex & Parkour. ]

string tour path planks

Acting as a minimalist and silent tour guide, lengths of black yarn were carefully suspended to direct guests along a route through the broken walls of a deserted series of tightly-packed structures in Beijing.

dezeen_The-Orchid-installation-by-reMIX-Studio_10

remix

Crafted by reMIX Studio, the intervention was part of a pop-up restaurant experience in which the dinner space was placed at the end of a string of rooms in an abandoned building complex.

string dining room ceiling

string pop up restaurant

Reprising the same visual theme, ceiling-suspended lights in this dark dining room were suspended from thin black cord as well.

string broken hutong walls

string abandonment secret route

A modest wood-paneled path was constructed to thread the rubble and refuse of the structure, with parallel and intersecting spiderwebs of twine providing directional indications on the sides and above.

string abandoned path tour

The direct trajectory was designed to take people through both interior and exterior spaces, small homes and their private courtyards. Bursting through walls, the journey exposes both the dwellings themselves and the materials of which they were made, giving visitors a unique perspective on the traditional dense Hutong neighborhoods of the city.

string light dark shadow

string art guide path

Of their work, the studio writes: “We propose a new connective path that reveals the existing building secrets and tunnelling throughout the architectural body it highlights in few observations points the quality and characteristics of the future intervention. The system of new portals is a succession of points of view that … forces the visitors into an unexpected journey; challenging [the] imagination.”

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Strung Along: Twine Guides Visitors Through Abandonments

11 Nov

[ By WebUrbanist in Global & Urbex & Parkour. ]

string tour path planks

Acting as a minimalist and silent tour guide, lengths of black yarn were carefully suspended to direct guests along a route through the broken walls of a deserted series of tightly-packed structures in Beijing.

dezeen_The-Orchid-installation-by-reMIX-Studio_10

remix

Crafted by reMIX Studio, the intervention was part of a pop-up restaurant experience in which the dinner space was placed at the end of a string of rooms in an abandoned building complex.

string dining room ceiling

string pop up restaurant

Reprising the same visual theme, ceiling-suspended lights in this dark dining room were suspended from thin black cord as well.

string broken hutong walls

string abandonment secret route

A modest wood-paneled path was constructed to thread the rubble and refuse of the structure, with parallel and intersecting spiderwebs of twine providing directional indications on the sides and above.

string abandoned path tour

The direct trajectory was designed to take people through both interior and exterior spaces, small homes and their private courtyards. Bursting through walls, the journey exposes both the dwellings themselves and the materials of which they were made, giving visitors a unique perspective on the traditional dense Hutong neighborhoods of the city.

string light dark shadow

string art guide path

Of their work, the studio writes: “We propose a new connective path that reveals the existing building secrets and tunnelling throughout the architectural body it highlights in few observations points the quality and characteristics of the future intervention. The system of new portals is a succession of points of view that … forces the visitors into an unexpected journey; challenging [the] imagination.”

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Strung Along: Twine Guides Visitors Through Abandonments

10 Nov

[ By WebUrbanist in Global & Urbex & Parkour. ]

string tour path planks

Acting as a minimalist and silent tour guide, lengths of black yarn were carefully suspended to direct guests along a route through the broken walls of a deserted series of tightly-packed structures in Beijing.

dezeen_The-Orchid-installation-by-reMIX-Studio_10

remix

Crafted by reMIX Studio, the intervention was part of a pop-up restaurant experience in which the dinner space was placed at the end of a string of rooms in an abandoned building complex.

string dining room ceiling

string pop up restaurant

Reprising the same visual theme, ceiling-suspended lights in this dark dining room were suspended from thin black cord as well.

string broken hutong walls

string abandonment secret route

A modest wood-paneled path was constructed to thread the rubble and refuse of the structure, with parallel and intersecting spiderwebs of twine providing directional indications on the sides and above.

string abandoned path tour

The direct trajectory was designed to take people through both interior and exterior spaces, small homes and their private courtyards. Bursting through walls, the journey exposes both the dwellings themselves and the materials of which they were made, giving visitors a unique perspective on the traditional dense Hutong neighborhoods of the city.

string light dark shadow

string art guide path

Of their work, the studio writes: “We propose a new connective path that reveals the existing building secrets and tunnelling throughout the architectural body it highlights in few observations points the quality and characteristics of the future intervention. The system of new portals is a succession of points of view that … forces the visitors into an unexpected journey; challenging [the] imagination.”

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Strung Along: Twine Guides Visitors Through Abandonments

10 Nov

[ By WebUrbanist in Global & Urbex & Parkour. ]

string tour path planks

Acting as a minimalist and silent tour guide, lengths of black yarn were carefully suspended to direct guests along a route through the broken walls of a deserted series of tightly-packed structures in Beijing.

dezeen_The-Orchid-installation-by-reMIX-Studio_10

remix

Crafted by reMIX Studio, the intervention was part of a pop-up restaurant experience in which the dinner space was placed at the end of a string of rooms in an abandoned building complex.

string dining room ceiling

string pop up restaurant

Reprising the same visual theme, ceiling-suspended lights in this dark dining room were suspended from thin black cord as well.

string broken hutong walls

string abandonment secret route

A modest wood-paneled path was constructed to thread the rubble and refuse of the structure, with parallel and intersecting spiderwebs of twine providing directional indications on the sides and above.

string abandoned path tour

The direct trajectory was designed to take people through both interior and exterior spaces, small homes and their private courtyards. Bursting through walls, the journey exposes both the dwellings themselves and the materials of which they were made, giving visitors a unique perspective on the traditional dense Hutong neighborhoods of the city.

string light dark shadow

string art guide path

Of their work, the studio writes: “We propose a new connective path that reveals the existing building secrets and tunnelling throughout the architectural body it highlights in few observations points the quality and characteristics of the future intervention. The system of new portals is a succession of points of view that … forces the visitors into an unexpected journey; challenging [the] imagination.”

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