Old Apartment Blocks

There's a lot of run down multistory apartment buildings on the drive into Moscow from the airport. There a characterless uniformity to these buildings that really jumps out at me, and feels reminiscent of some of the public housing projects that blighted the skyline of Chicago for decades. I wrote about these government buildings the last time I visited and I found myself staring at them again on the way in. Here's an interesting slideshare document called "The History of Public Space in Soviet Mass Housing Developments." Interesting pics. The spaces we design shape the culture that emerges there. Have a look.

The History of Public Space in Soviet Mass Housing Developments from Future Faculty