To seek the light "in adversity"
The old house, shabby and rough as it was, went through some hardships in the last century. But it still carries the memory of generations. In order to preserve the internal memory of the house while injecting new vitality, the architects retained the original atmosphere of the building, and sought to find a breakthrough the interior renovation to bring light into the previously dark space, just as hope and light were injected into difficult times……
Frozen Utopia: A Fable in Concrete
As Henri Lefebvre once said, “Space is a social product.” Soviet Brutalist architecture stands as a concrete inscription of this very power structure.
In an era that envisioned the future, these massive, raw-textured, and structurally exposed buildings not only responded to the demands of industrial functionality and efficiency, but also—through their scale and form—revealed how the state visualized and asserted its power through space. This architectural language, prevalent in the Soviet Union from the mid-20th century to the 1980s, was far more than a matter of stylistic choice; it was a material embodiment of ideology. Monumental volumes symbolized the permanence of the state, while collectivism and futurism were orchestrated spatially into a choreography of order and belief—shaping the city into a grand stage directed by the state itself. Across the winter steppe, a cold breath of functionalism lingers.

Frozen Utopia: A Fable in Concrete
As Henri Lefebvre once said, “Space is a social product.” Soviet Brutalist architecture stands as a concrete inscription of this very power structure.
In an era that envisioned the future, these massive, raw-textured, and structurally exposed buildings not only responded to the demands of industrial functionality and efficiency, but also—through their scale and form—revealed how the state visualized and asserted its power through space. This architectural language, prevalent in the Soviet Union from the mid-20th century to the 1980s, was far more than a matter of stylistic choice; it was a material embodiment of ideology. Monumental volumes symbolized the permanence of the state, while collectivism and futurism were orchestrated spatially into a choreography of order and belief—shaping the city into a grand stage directed by the state itself. Across the winter steppe, a cold breath of functionalism lingers.

Capturing ‘Imperfect’ Photos
An Interview with Chinese Architectural Photographers by Archiposition
A compelling collection of photographs will often include numerous small vignettes. Some may take issue with this, perceiving it as a form of imperfection. If such a thing is considered flawed, then I wishes to embrace this imperfection in his work.