Great pictures Davor, thanks for sharing. We have some big agricultural shows near us that have had permanent structures added to the location and these always strike me as rather melancholic on all but the few days of the year they are in use. They appear unloved and careworn until the arrival of banners and flags and, most importantly, people. These buildings are perhaps similar in that regard?
Exactly. There's nothing there except warehouses, a gyms and a go-kart track. Everything is neglected. But still, the Interliber book fair is held once a year, along with maybe a few other events. Thank you for your comment, Dave.
Nice pictures, and a great idea to document these buildings. It always strikes me how short-sighted commercial buildings are: they are in general planned to be paid back in 20 years, then they usually get a second life where they are renovated, split into smaller bits that small companies can rent, and then again, after another 20 years, they often get demolished to give way for something new.
The materials, and the constructions, could probably last for hundreds of years, with some care.
Your fair doesn't seem to have been given a second life, it just stays there, empty. At times, building complexes can stay like that for a lengthy period, since the space isn't needed for anything else, or because of an indecisiveness amongst decision makers, perhaps due to nostalgic thinking, perhaps for commercial reasons (waiting for the right buyer), or perhaps because it is not their responsibility.
Miracles happen, and especially during good times for business, some entrepreneur decides to buy the complex and create something interesting there, to last for the next 20 years, or occasionally a bit longer.
If looking through old maps of a city, there are many significant buildings that have been there, then removed, thereby changing the cityscape all the time. Factories often life longer, warehouses shorter, but it even happens that epochal buildings, price-winning, something to be proud off, just get removed one day when cynicism is heavier than nostalgia.
Just now, at this moment of your life, when you shot those photos, the buildings are a monument of a time. Now to live forever through your photos.
Great pictures Davor, thanks for sharing. We have some big agricultural shows near us that have had permanent structures added to the location and these always strike me as rather melancholic on all but the few days of the year they are in use. They appear unloved and careworn until the arrival of banners and flags and, most importantly, people. These buildings are perhaps similar in that regard?
Exactly. There's nothing there except warehouses, a gyms and a go-kart track. Everything is neglected. But still, the Interliber book fair is held once a year, along with maybe a few other events. Thank you for your comment, Dave.
Wonderful photos, Davor. The colours are amazing!
Thanks Giles!;)
Very nice compositions and fun, retro color palates.
Thank you for the comment👍
Nice pictures, and a great idea to document these buildings. It always strikes me how short-sighted commercial buildings are: they are in general planned to be paid back in 20 years, then they usually get a second life where they are renovated, split into smaller bits that small companies can rent, and then again, after another 20 years, they often get demolished to give way for something new.
The materials, and the constructions, could probably last for hundreds of years, with some care.
Your fair doesn't seem to have been given a second life, it just stays there, empty. At times, building complexes can stay like that for a lengthy period, since the space isn't needed for anything else, or because of an indecisiveness amongst decision makers, perhaps due to nostalgic thinking, perhaps for commercial reasons (waiting for the right buyer), or perhaps because it is not their responsibility.
Miracles happen, and especially during good times for business, some entrepreneur decides to buy the complex and create something interesting there, to last for the next 20 years, or occasionally a bit longer.
If looking through old maps of a city, there are many significant buildings that have been there, then removed, thereby changing the cityscape all the time. Factories often life longer, warehouses shorter, but it even happens that epochal buildings, price-winning, something to be proud off, just get removed one day when cynicism is heavier than nostalgia.
Just now, at this moment of your life, when you shot those photos, the buildings are a monument of a time. Now to live forever through your photos.
Thanks Jorgen for this inspiring comment. You said everything. When you encounter something like this, or even decay, it is always adventurous🤗
Love the blue in all photographs!
Thanks, Shital👍