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Freaky Architectural Stuff for Ruin
trinite:
So instead of putting this into the General Chaos HAY GUYS thread, I figured I'd start a new one here, since it directly pertains to Ross's upcoming game. I figure it'll be more convenient to collect any weird architectural horror-type things we find in one spot.
Things like The Imaginary Prisons of Giovanni Piranesi: http://www.futilitycloset.com/2014/10/11/the-imaginary-prisons/
The full gallery can be found here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Le_Carceri_d%27Invenzione
CADmonkey:
Since I’ve heard Ross mention J.G. Ballard in relation to his Ruin project, I’d like to mention this:
If you haven’t read this yet, it is a must-read for anyone interested in Ballard. This book has some great interviews and essays, and I think of particular interest for Ruin is David Pringle’s The Fourfold Symbolism of Ballard, which examines the symbolism of the landscapes in Ballard’s stories.
Though it looks like this book is currently sold out on the publisher’s webstore, it is still available on amazon.
CADmonkey:
Cold War Architecture!
A recent posts on The Atomic Age blog jogged my memory about this:
ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE FUTURE
America's Abandoned $6 Billion Dollar Missile Pyramid
That is the first and last "Safeguard Complex", built to intercept incoming Soviet ICBMs. It was built between 1970-75 and shut down after one day. The Library of Congress has a great set of photos and drawings available online.
Then there's Abo Elementary School, profiled in the 99% Invisible podcast: Cold War Kids. Abo was a school built underground to be used as a fallout shelter in case of nuclear war, which is a slightly disturbing idea.
And for further reading, the 99% Invisible podcast mentioned One Nation Underground: The Fallout Shelter in American Culture. And when I shared that podcast on G+, the author of The Atomic Age blog pointed me to Survival City: Adventures Among the Ruins of Atomic America.
clockworkjoe:
I own and have read survival city - I even ran a game themed around it http://actualplay.roleplayingpublicradio.com/2010/07/genre/horror/fear-itself-survival-city/ and reviewed in an episode of RPPR http://slangdesign.com/rppr/2009/08/podcast-episode/rppr-episode-35-gencon-2009-preview/
I am aware of one nation underground but I haven't read it yet. This book is next in my cold war architecture reading list: Fallout Shelter: Designing for Civil Defense in the Cold War (Architecture, Landscape and Amer Culture) http://www.amazon.com/Fallout-Shelter-Designing-Architecture-Landscape/dp/0816669767
You should also check out Wool, which is a neat sci-fi novel that explores some relevant concepts here.
CADmonkey:
--- Quote from: clockworkjoe on October 28, 2014, 06:05:13 PM ---I own and have read survival city - I even ran a game themed around it http://actualplay.roleplayingpublicradio.com/2010/07/genre/horror/fear-itself-survival-city/ and reviewed in an episode of RPPR http://slangdesign.com/rppr/2009/08/podcast-episode/rppr-episode-35-gencon-2009-preview/
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Cool, I hadn't heard those podcasts, they're from before I started listening to rppr.
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