day-care center just around the corner of where i live.
taking walks around the neighborhoods of my city slowly became a favorite leisure activity of mine after i decided to dive a little deeper into the world of architecture. every time i go out now i try to discover something new. buildings you walk by every day without a second look suddenly offer you a new perspective & areas that were once without any charm are turning into architectural playgrounds. i don't shy away anymore from taking photos of modern 'ugly' buildings but started to develop very fond feelings for everything that seems sterile & straight-lined. it is interesting how with age sometimes your perspective on things you didn't like in the past shifts into a mindset that let's you appreciate it all of a sudden. i always loved the juxtaposition of old versus new when it was incorporated in a structure, but a single modern building often didn't elicit me at all, except if it was an extraordinary masterpiece with futuristic elements. now i look at even the most mundane building with completely new eyes, making out details that kind of strike a certain chord with me, whether it's just a nice symmetry or even an organic element that isn't very visible at first. i feel that in modern architecture details are what count the most. it's not visible at first, but if you look closer there's a whole different world behind the seemingly emotionless facades, a world full of hidden secrets & truths.
as mentioned before our biggest performance venue rheinmain congress center is currently being rebuild and it's slowly taking shape. while i was pretty uninterested in the new construction at first, now i can't wait to see the outcome. i already fell in love with the beige stone columns, i think it's travertine or jura limestone. i will definitely keep you updated as soon as the scaffoldings finally are gone and nothing's in the way anymore.
looking back into the direction of the main station. the little park is situated right next to where i live and very popular on sunny days for all kinds of activities such as sun bathing, yoga, dog chasing & meeting up with friends. it's actually a pretty nice city entry when you visit wiesbaden via train. you step out of the station and are greeted with a green & airy park area with lots of fountains. makes for a pretty good welcoming first impression if i may so.
another shot of one part of the new congress center.
behind the yellow building my appartment building can be seen ( the dark facade & roof ).
black & white. my walk lead through a quarter that was mainly erected in the 1950 to 1960ies therefore you will get to see lots of elements of that era in this post. it's also part of the governmental district. wiesbaden is home to a lot of hessian institutions ( obviously, as it's the state's official capital ).
can you spot the flamingo? i like the punched-out holes in the balcony slabs.
mosaic facade & mirrored trees.
this building is fairly new and on this walk i only managed to take a photograph of the back of it. there's a parking garage in the lowest level where the slots are. i really like the front more, but i was simply too incapable to take a good front picture at that time.
along auguste-viktoria-straße. the beige building on the right houses the dorint pallas hotel. on the left the hessian head office for data processing. in the back you can glimpse the department of the interior & sports.
there's something about the data processing building that reminds me of data processing ;P maybe it is the way that it looks kind of multilayered?
details.
this is another part of the data processing complex.
office for logistics & social affairs. can you spot the spiral stairway inside the building? i think i like this the most about it. and the fact that it is sooooo 50ies.
more balconies. i think i sense a balcony series coming?
space roof.
new apartment complex in dantestraße.
another postwar building. no clue what's inside.
the zircon tower - the black tower with the golden windows. it's my favourite tower in wiesbaden ;P
love this overgrown brick building.
don't worry, be happy?
wealthy neighborhood with a view.
strange modern building, that i actually don't want to live in since it seems so... randomly stacked together?
oftentimes my problem with post-war architecture is that i can't really differentiate whether it was build in a certain decade. the 50ies/60ies/70ies often look very similar & are hard to tell apart. i can't really call it post-war architecture anymore, even though it technically is, but when it's been build in the 70ies it's actually a whole different era. if anybody knows how to tell the different architecture styles apart, please help me? my guess for this building is 1960 era, but i am really not sure at all. even the architecture in the 80ies often has elements of prior decades and it's really complicating the determination process haha. while i actually don't dig that style of residential architecture ( i wouldn't want to live in it, except if it had huge windows haha ), it still makes for fantastic photo motives, with the clear lines & minimalistic approach.
another view on wi-town.
this style i secretly call corrugated steel architecture, perfectly knowing there's none of it involved. it just feels like it? i think this style was really hot in the 80ies.
another one. love the withered concrete balcony with the abstract embellishments.
and this one i call dice architecture, because it's just a conglomeration of cubes :D a lot of post-modern architecture is like this and i'm still not sure if i like it at all. it just seems so haphazardly put together.
it was perfect for taking photos, though.
historism versus modernism.
i took photos of this parking garage before and stated that i always have problems properly capturing it. on this day in january i finally managed to take a good photo of the mirror windows!
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