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Edificio Girón / 1

Edificio Girón / 1
Edificio Girón is a seafront apartment building, located in the Vedado district where Calle F meets the Malecón. It was opened in 1967, the year that Che Guevara died, and a decade that saw Cuba settle from revolutionary fervour into a socialist republic. The Girón building was formed from two 17-storey blocks, fitted with elevators and with a series of tubular walkways that join the two hemispheres like neural fibres. It is also called the ‚Experimental Building‘, because the first time in Cuba a sliding formwork was used. Some call this kind of architecture 'brutalism' ;-) The years haven’t been kind to the Edificio Girón, nevertheless it's still fully inhabited. This photo was a quick shot out of a car, so I apologize for cutting the peak ;-) More images will follow.
For some details about Havana architecture read this, Edificio Girón is also described here.
www.thebohemianblog.com/2016/05/climbing-all-over-the-massive-modernist-architecture-of-cuba.html

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 Heide
Heide club
Gleicht einem Monumentalbau- beeindruckend.
7 years ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
Easy to see why this style was called brutalism...............and I was surprised to read that these are still fully inhabited - the building looks like it has been empty for years!

Nevertheless, it's a realy gift for photographers! Nicely taken - especially from a moving vehicle..!!
7 years ago.
 Steve Bucknell
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Brother to Park Hill flats here in Sheffield, the Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire. Comrades!
7 years ago.
 Steve Bucknell
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Yes, very, very similar. They are good places to live if properly maintained and given good security. Lots of people loved them, but young families were put there, which was inappropriate.
7 years ago.