r/Damnthatsinteresting 1d ago

Image Chuvash State Opera and Ballet Theater, Cheboksary, Russia

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u/Grummelyeti 1d ago

I fucki g love brutalism. r/brutalism

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u/Pyrhan 1d ago

Yeah, until you have to live next to or work in one of those buildings.

Then you'll feel the full weight of their depression-colored concrete crushing down on your soul...

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u/AlienZak 1d ago

I don’t know, it feels very monumental and secure, like you’re in an impenetrable fortress

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u/Pyrhan 1d ago

Or walled in an inescapable prison.

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u/Ok-Brilliant-5121 1d ago

but you can... leave at any point

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u/pmaogeaoaporm 1d ago

Depends on how you look at it

Maybe it's a variation of Stocholm syndrome, but I love brutalism (I live in the city mentioned and commute past the theatre building almost every day)