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Waste of space on the internet. The authors constructs questions out of thin air. "The question is—what the Hell are you supposed to do with them? They’re cer

by jand 11y ago

Waste of space on the internet. The authors constructs questions out of thin air. "The question is—what the Hell are you supposed to do with them? They’re certainly not going anywhere." What could be done with them... well, exactly what they are currently doing? Music [1], living space [2], social space & clubs [3]/[4], office spaces... The author cites the concept of the "pyramid garden" on top of the Hamburg Bunker which was not rejected because the people were unwilling to change something - it was simply rejected because a corporation tried to get its hands on the real estate under the cover of a urban gardening project [5]. But gladly the author clarifies that the bunkers are hard to crack - i was clearly suprised that war tech designed to withstand multi-ton bombs is tough. [1] http://www.musikbunker-hamburg.de/ http://www.musikbunker-hamburg.de/ [2] http://bunker-hamburg.de/ http://bunker-hamburg.de/ [3] http://www.uebelundgefaehrlich.com/ http://www.uebelundgefaehrlich.com/ [4] http://www.terracehill.de/ http://www.terracehill.de/ [5] http://www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/dachgarten-in-st-pauli-da-koennte-ja-jeder-gaertnern-1.2217699 http://www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/dachgarten-in-st-pauli-d...

vacri 11y ago
> Destroying them is pretty much impossible owing to their proximity to urban spaces—and the sheer amount of explosives required. This bit also annoyed me. It's not the amount of explosives required, it's that it's too expensive. Destroying large lumps of concrete can be done with technology we've had since the start of written history - a quarry isn't all that different. It's just that it's really labour-intensive, and hence, expensive. It's interesting also that the pictured 'renovation' idea does very little to mask the shape of the tower. If you want to stop it looking like a lumpen fascist monument, add some new lines to it, make it look visibly different, rather than overgrown.

by jand 11y ago

vacri 11y ago

> Destroying them is pretty much impossible owing to their proximity to urban spaces—and the sheer amount of explosives required. This bit also annoyed me. It's not the amount of explosives required, it's that it's too expensive. Destroying large lumps of concrete can be done with technology we've had since the start of written history - a quarry isn't all that different. It's just that it's really labour-intensive, and hence, expensive. It's interesting also that the pictured 'renovation' idea does very little to mask the shape of the tower. If you want to stop it looking like a lumpen fascist monument, add some new lines to it, make it look visibly different, rather than overgrown.