During the winter I had accumulated a long list of potential abandoned locations near my home to test my new camera. The only reason I hadn’t done it yet was the fact that I hate winters and cold.
But it was already almost mid-April and the city bike season had started. I had a rare weekend off, so I thought it was safe to plan a trip to some locations nearby.
Boy, was I wrong. When the day came, it was almost freezing. The sun was shining, though, so I decided to leave anyway.
My first location was this former art museum. Built in 1976 it was abandoned in 2012, because the museum no longer wanted to take art there. The reason were air quality problems and reports of mold in the basement.
Nothing was ever detected in analysis, but the building stayed empty. The city is currently wondering, whether it will find new use to it or demolish it. Planning is underway.
All in all there was very little to photograph. The former museum was a prime example of expressionless 1970’s public architecture.
But as always I decided to photograph it from every corner.
Doesn’t the weather look just nice and tempting, by the way?
Not much more on this side. The city actually guards its vacant buildings pretty well, so finding access is far from easy and can be considered a lucky chance.
It gets even duller at the back side. Notice, that the building is built on a hillside. It has partly two floors above the ground, partly just one.
That’s all there was to see here this time.
When I saw the photos of the abandoned building you captured, I couldn’t help but smile. It’s like a page right out of my childhood sketchbook! Just a simple rectangle with doors and windows, maybe topped with a classic triangle roof. It’s charming, yet boring in its simplicity, reminding me of those carefree afternoons I spent drawing, where every house and building consisted of a poorly drawn rectangle.
I was taking a bus to a dance lesson, when I read your comment. I wondered, what the architect would say, if you went up to him and said “Dear sir. I regard the building you designed as being a poorly drawn rectangle.” Then I smiled.