I was on the outskirts of a large town, when I noticed a huge building complex with huge pieces of graffiti on its walls. It brought me to an immediate stop. Where there’s graffiti, there usually is something to explore.
At first I thought it was a factory, but a quick check on old maps and some googling revealed it to be a former vocational school. Built in 1960 and enlarged in 1975, 1985, 2002 and 2005 it was abandoned in 2018, when a more modern and larger school was built nearby. At first it was for sale, but eventually the town decided to demolish it.
During the summer of 2022 it served as the venue of a local street art event and a public graffiti wall. In fact there were some painters on the lot when I arrived. Nobody paid any attention to me when I started a tour of the property to see if there was a way in.
Some of the pieces were very good clearly made by advanced artists.
The sign says walking path, so let’s go that way.
There have been some very skillful painters all around.
Entrance forbidden. What do you think I am about to do?
This is probably the public wall for starters.
A large complex like this naturally featured many entrances. The question was, if one of them had gaps in it or not.
The building had at some point been H-shaped. An original wing is up front. The one to the left is a later annex.
Doesn’t look very urbexer-friendly.
Another nice piece.
I could say the same of almost every single one of these.
I’ve tried this thing, once. These recquire a lot of skill. I didn’t have any.
This is again the original 1960’s wall.
I have to say the plants make a great addition to the walls.
The windows seem to be very thoroughly shut.
They are in fact so well shut I am not certain at all times if there really are windows or not.
Kinda cute!
Impressive, once again!
Clever!
There seems to have been roof access at some point.
There are just so many styles.
The second horn of the H. Which means I am almost halfway on my walkaround. And yet this post is already longer than my usual ones. Do you realize now, what I mean when I call it a neverending school?
Just imagine the amount of photos if I got in.
The practice restaurant of the school. And a familiar painter. I believe I have run into their works for the first time in 2019 in here.
A second one by the same artist, I believe.
The building is no longer a straight H. This end has been built in the 2000’s.
Poor thing. It fits the colors of the area, but seems desperately lost and broken.
A main entrance? At the very back of the complex? Interesting.
Again very skilled work.
The halfway is now over.
The end of the right horn of the original H.
The junction of the oldest and newest part of the building.
And looking back towards it. Still maybe around 60 % of the walkaround done. But this is when I’ll end the post because I spotted something. I think I know what you think it is, but it’s not.
Welcome to my world of useless cliffhangers.