Soviet Buildings

2010. Pen on paper. 594 x 420 mm. Soviet Buildings, explores the consequences of visually and conceptually deconstructing architecture. Focusing on Brutalist and Modernist buildings, originally designed to embody ideals of progress, hope, and collective modernity, these structures aimed to project a utopian vision of the future. Through detailed drawings, the symbolic aspirations of these buildings are engaged with, while the gradual erasure or fragmentation of their forms reflects growing disillusionment over time. What once stood as a bold societal ambition is now often met with indifference or hostility. This deconstruction mirrors a broader realization that architecture alone cannot fulfill the future it promises, revealing society’s overreliance on the built environment as a shortcut to progress—an expectation that frequently falls short of reality.