Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed

这不是一本建筑史教科书，而是一次视觉上的“异星探险”。书中90座建于1970至1990年间、横跨14个前苏联共和国的庞然大物，被读者形容为“另一个星球的建筑”“巨大恐惧症患者的噩梦”，也是“被流放的先锋派幽灵”。它们粗犷、怪诞、气势逼人，把乌托邦的野心与未来主义的狂想一并浇筑进混凝土里。有意思的是，多数读者并不关心它的结构或功能，而是被那种“丑得别具一格”的美学俘获：红底白字的前言、梦境般的体量、怪诞却对味的标题，构成一种近乎猎奇的阅读快感。它适合对苏联美学、怪诞建筑或视觉奇观感兴趣的人；若你只想要严谨的建筑分析，或许会觉得它更像一本摄影集而非学术图鉴。

Frédéric Chaubin has been, for the last fifteen years, editor-in-chief of the French lifestyle magazine Citizen K. Since 2000 he has regularly featured works combining text and photography. The CCCP collection research was carried out from 2003 to 2010, through an intuitive and creative travel process. This project has been shown throughout the world, from Japan to the United States.