Tatlin Tower Monument to the Third International- St Petersburg Location

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Vladimir Tatlin's Constructivist tower ‘The Monument to the Third International’ was supposed to be erected in Moscow or St. Petersburg after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. (This model is shown in about the correct size at one of the proposed locations in St Petersburg based on Takehiko Nagakura's 'Unbuilt Monuments' series http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwuPCDhpcfY&feature=related ) It was to be built from industrial materials: iron, glass and steel. In materials, shape, and function, it was envisioned as a towering symbol of modernity. It would have dwarfed the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The tower's main form was a twin helix which spiraled up to 400 m in height, which visitors would be transported around with aid of various mechanical devices. The main framework would contain three enormous rotating geometric structures. At base of structure was cube which was designed as a venue for lectures, conferences, congress meetings, would complete a rotation in span of one year. In centre of structure was cone, housing executive activities and completing rotation once a month. The topmost one, a cylinder, was to house information centre, issuing news bulletins, manifestos via telegraph, radio loudspeaker, would complete a rotation once a day. There also plans to install gigantic open-air screen on cylinder, a further projector which would be able to cast messages across the clouds on any overcast day. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatlin_tower #architecture #Constructivism #Constructivist #Fantasy #Historical #International #masterpiece #Monument #Petersburg #russia #russian #saint #soviet #st #Tatlin #Third #tower #unbuilt #union #Vladimir