Part 1
Photo: GORK
Geo: Samara, RU
A project window for the weekend, a new superhero (from Samara) on the Gork Studio team, and excellent weather gently hinted at taking tickets and flying as a group to this wonderful Volga city. In this part, I will share general facts and impressions, and I will touch on sensitive topics a bit later.
In two and a half days, we walked almost 70,000 steps. Meanwhile, the "route fog" didn’t clear even a quarter. Samara is a large historical city with a population of over a million, where associative connections start to chaotically glitch after the nearest promenade. It reminds me of Nizhny, Kharkiv, Grodno, Kaliningrad, Suzdal, Vologda, and St. Petersburg; due to the presence of good height differences with trams running around, it feels like San Francisco from a postcard). Those who have been reading the magazine for a long time know that I have an architectural-vinaigrette rating. Our art director Anya suggested renaming it to an Olivier rating. Let it be so; in any case, it’s 9 out of 10.
In the historical part, where we spent most of our time, there is an insane amount of architectural monuments; everything catches the eye. You want to take photos, and that’s a good sign. Amazing food, prices about half of those in Moscow, fantastic beaches, widespread sports, friendly and sociable people, and the legendary Alfred Philipovich von Wakano: I tip my hat to you, Mr. Merchant).
And the main point. This is both a plus and a minus: you can feel about 7−8 years younger here; exactly how much urban development, administrative oversight of architectural monuments, and city urbanism lag behind compared to Nizhny. But more on that in the next part.
@gorkjournal
3D · Render · Photo · Archviz · GORK
Photo: GORK
Geo: Samara, RU
A project window for the weekend, a new superhero (from Samara) on the Gork Studio team, and excellent weather gently hinted at taking tickets and flying as a group to this wonderful Volga city. In this part, I will share general facts and impressions, and I will touch on sensitive topics a bit later.
In two and a half days, we walked almost 70,000 steps. Meanwhile, the "route fog" didn’t clear even a quarter. Samara is a large historical city with a population of over a million, where associative connections start to chaotically glitch after the nearest promenade. It reminds me of Nizhny, Kharkiv, Grodno, Kaliningrad, Suzdal, Vologda, and St. Petersburg; due to the presence of good height differences with trams running around, it feels like San Francisco from a postcard). Those who have been reading the magazine for a long time know that I have an architectural-vinaigrette rating. Our art director Anya suggested renaming it to an Olivier rating. Let it be so; in any case, it’s 9 out of 10.
In the historical part, where we spent most of our time, there is an insane amount of architectural monuments; everything catches the eye. You want to take photos, and that’s a good sign. Amazing food, prices about half of those in Moscow, fantastic beaches, widespread sports, friendly and sociable people, and the legendary Alfred Philipovich von Wakano: I tip my hat to you, Mr. Merchant).
And the main point. This is both a plus and a minus: you can feel about 7−8 years younger here; exactly how much urban development, administrative oversight of architectural monuments, and city urbanism lag behind compared to Nizhny. But more on that in the next part.
@gorkjournal
3D · Render · Photo · Archviz · GORK