La Pyramide ain’t in Berlin, but please forgive a brief excursion to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, as It’s where I was stationed for a month early last year during the Africa Cup. It’s only the second foray into abandoned structures abroad that AB has ever made (after Buzludzha in Bulgaria in 2013) and I think both are such incredible buildings that it would be simply rude to ignore them.
La Pyramide was constructed to plans from Italian architect Rinaldo Olivieri between 1969-73. It was one of the first skyscrapers ever built in Ivory Coast’s commercial capital, supposed to herald a new era as part of the Ivorian “economic miracle” of the 1970s. It was abandoned during an economic downturn in the 1980s and has deteriorated since. Locals sheltered here from fighting during the civil wars – not all that long ago.
For more information and photos check out abandonedberlin.com/la-pyramide
There’s also a short film to watch at vimeo.com/abandonedberlin and youtube.com/AbandonedBerlinFilms
Check links in the bio.
#LaPyramide #abandoned #abandonedabidjan #abidjan #IvoryCoast #brutalism
La Pyramide was constructed to plans from Italian architect Rinaldo Olivieri between 1969-73. It was one of the first skyscrapers ever built in Ivory Coast’s commercial capital, supposed to herald a new era as part of the Ivorian “economic miracle” of the 1970s. It was abandoned during an economic downturn in the 1980s and has deteriorated since. Locals sheltered here from fighting during the civil wars – not all that long ago.
For more information and photos check out abandonedberlin.com/la-pyramide
There’s also a short film to watch at vimeo.com/abandonedberlin and youtube.com/AbandonedBerlinFilms
Check links in the bio.
#LaPyramide #abandoned #abandonedabidjan #abidjan #IvoryCoast #brutalism
