WistaheFeb 24
Could you share with me your favorite styles/aesthetics? What's your favorite image with a unique feel to it? I'm interested in learning more about new styles. Please boost.
Show threadWolf480plFeb 25

@wistahe
University of Warsaw Library.
Post-modernism with elements of brutalism and...pre-solarpunk I guess?
(the latter is more visible on the outside - more pictures in the wikipedia article)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Warsaw_Library

Show threadWistaheFeb 25
@wolf480pl That is really interesting! I don't think I've seen those styles combined together before. I can see the brutalism in the concrete pillars and walls with holes in them, the solarpunk in the green ceiling beams, and the postmodernism with the layout of the floor and bookshelves. I'm used to seeing brutalism on the outside of buildings rather than the inside so it gives off a sense like the inside of the building is outdoors which probably adds to the solarpunk feel.
Show threadWolf480pl

@wistahe yeah, it does feel very "inside is outside", especially that if you leave through the main entrance (between these columns in the middle of the photo) you end up in a paved sidewalk between the library half of the building and a second, commercial half of the building, but still under that same steel-glass roof!

Also, holy shit, gmaps has a streetview from the inside!

https://www.google.com/maps/@52.2426942,21.0250276,3a,75y,251.08h,98.68t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sCIHM0ogKEICAgICE1oOw-AE!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2Fgpms-cs-s%2FAFfmt2ZwS-eBoXvnKMcl-_4VyQSSndvgAoukpCxI5Uoca_IIM1FqP9_EHSjbH2ZYm7O0GJHanwWeXKdvz3l2xys9wE8oHA2W5hKuB8Jo4ahswgOJRA4xDW0dNh7M2nKzYUcthDnDU0bfVw%3Dw900-h600-k-no-pi-8.67688368238089-ya188.34961211879775-ro0-fo100!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDIyMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Bevor Sie zu Google Maps weitergehen

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Show threadWolf480plFeb 25
@wistahe there's more of the interior
Show threadWolf480plFeb 25
@wistahe also, did I mention it has a garden on its roof?
Show threadWolf480plFeb 25
@wistahe the outside looks also like a mix of brutalism (exposed copper) and solarpunk (vines on walls)
Show threadWolf480plFeb 25
@wistahe also, the floor 0 semi-outsdoor walkway I mentioned before
Show threadStephen Brooks 🦆Feb 26
@wolf480pl @wistahe That's a British telephone box
Show threadWolf480plFeb 26
@sjb @wistahe yeah. No police box though.
Show threadWolf480plFeb 26
@sjb @wistahe I think they had some London-themed event at the time when these photos were taken, possibly in relation to Polish expats in London during WWII and Cold War.
Show threaddmi 💽 Feb 25
@wolf480pl @wistahe this was such an amazing place to hang out reading books.. I wish I had come there more often back when I lived in Warsaw