Sotsmisto, Zaporizhzhia
Sotsmisto (Ukrainian: Соцмісто), or Sixth Settlement (Ukrainian: Шосте селище, romanized: Shoste selyshche) is a residential neighborhood built in 1930's in Zaporizhzhia. The ensemble is built in interwar modernist and constructivist style.[1] This neighborhood is an outstanding example of a functional part of a modern industrial city that reflects values of early Ukrainian SSR.
History[edit]
The construction of Sotsmisto of Zaporizhzhia was experimental, just like constructivism as a style in the 1920s and 1930s.[2] The constructions reflect the romanticization of socialist ideas of early USSR. For example, the architecture incorporates art that is not characteristic of social realism (the style that gained popularity after constructivism).[3]
Most examples of constructivist architecture are found in the neighborhood known as Sixth Settlement. The construction of Sotsmisto started with the Building of Culture of Metallurgists, but DniproHES is considered the heart of industrial Zaporizhzhia. This is because the neighborhood was built primarily to house workers of DniproHES. The area was planned to embody the ideals of a Soviet proletariat.
Preservation[edit]
Sotsmisto is located under a protected zone in Zaporizhzhia together with the city centre.[4] Attempts have been made to inscribe the Sotsmisto and DniproHES on the tentative World Heritage list.[1]
Famous buildings[edit]
- The Round House
- The House of Culture of Metallurgists
- Ensemble of four houses designed by Olha Yafa. Its uniqueness lies in the decoration made from Armenian tuff, which is not envisaged by constructivist style.[5]
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The Round House
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Residential house at Metalurhiv Avenue, 4
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Residential house at Metalurhiv Avenue, 22
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Residential house at Nezalezhnoi Ukrainy St., 6
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Mall
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Hospital
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Housing complex of Zaporizhstal workers
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Palace of Culture of Metallurgists
References[edit]
- ^ a b “Баухаус ‒ Запоріжжя”: як зберегти модерністську спадщину ["Bauhaus ‒ Zaporizhzhia": how to preserve modernist heritage]. ART Ukraine. 2017-01-12. Archived from the original on 2024-04-29. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ Лоддер, Крістіна (1998). Російський Конструктивізм [Russian Constructivism]. New Haven: Yale University Press.
- ^ "У нас є потужна архітектура та історія". Як запорізька дизайнерка закохує людей в місто ["We have a powerful architecture and history." How a Zaporizhzhian designer makes people fall in love with the city]. О, Море.Сity (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-04-04.
- ^ Генеральний план [General plan]. Official website of Zaporizhzhia City Council.
- ^ Архітектура, як ілюстрація життя: екскурсія Запоріжжям з урбаністкою Наталею Лобач [Architecture as an illustration of life: excursion in Zaporizhzhia with the urbanist Natalia Lobach] (in Ukrainian), retrieved 2024-04-29