2018 ruinenwert
Ruin value (in German “Ruinenwert”) is the concept that a building should be designed so, that when in time it will collapse, its ruin will remain aesthetically pleasing over a long period without any maintenance.
The German Nazi architect Albert Speer claimed “The theory of Ruin Value” as his own invention, but in fact it was brutally copied from designs of the Bank of England by Sir John Soane (1830) and designs of the Grand Gallery of the Louvre in Ruins by Hubert Robert (1796).
The idea was supported by Adolf Hitler to match “symbols of greatness” of the Third Reich with the tokens of civilizations of the Ancient Greeks and Romans.
On the costs of Denmark I encountered part of the Atlantic Wall as "symbols of madness" being swallowed by the sea.
Ruin value (in German “Ruinenwert”) is the concept that a building should be designed so, that when in time it will collapse, its ruin will remain aesthetically pleasing over a long period without any maintenance.
The German Nazi architect Albert Speer claimed “The theory of Ruin Value” as his own invention, but in fact it was brutally copied from designs of the Bank of England by Sir John Soane (1830) and designs of the Grand Gallery of the Louvre in Ruins by Hubert Robert (1796).
The idea was supported by Adolf Hitler to match “symbols of greatness” of the Third Reich with the tokens of civilizations of the Ancient Greeks and Romans.
On the costs of Denmark I encountered part of the Atlantic Wall as "symbols of madness" being swallowed by the sea.
