Monumental facade of the main building of the Young Naturalists Station complex in Bratislava. It bears the main visual features of socialist realism. The symmetrical volume is derived from an ancient temple with a massive columned portico with an architrave and dentils. The tympanum replaces a heavy pedestal with a sculpture of a virgin and a youth by Fraňo Gibal. Adjusted brightness.

name

Young Naturalists Station

The series maps the architectural complex, which served to educate socialist youth in the field of natural sciences. It is built in the style of socialist realism. Today it is declared a national cultural monument, which is subject to destruction, which raises questions about the protection and value of NCM in Slovakia and opens a discussion of society's dealings with the monuments of socialism.

author

Kristína Seidlová

freelance photographer

I am closest to photography of architecture and urbanism. My latest works deal with the memory of a place, the value of architecture and her effect on a person as well education. I complete the spaces with a photographic portrait or a figure. Thematically, I reach into history, which i confront with the present. I am a graduate of the AFAD and currently I'm a teacher on Secondary School of arts.