BKP windows
Graffiti for the long expired Bulgarian Communist Party. Original standardized wood framed windows, already replaced, leaning against it.. . . . . . . .
fading characteristics
"It was Ivan who thought of them. I remember the font. It was Helvetica! And it matched the building color."
black and arial.
oranges in bloom
"I decided to paint my kitchen."
"I've meant to it for the last 20 years."
panel code
Under all the original layers and before its covered anew, look quickly. It's just beyond the bristles of the brush.
balcony to basement
pipe works of new kitchens on balconies.
easter egg hunt
It's white pvc glows in the Easter morning light, a beacon of the private prevailing over the soviet designed apartments.
full glass
switching out materiality.
shades and tones of green
along with energy standards, have changed over the years. . . . . . . .
muffin tops
"It's like putting on a shirt that's way too small...."
gyps karton
He smiles and slaps on more mud....
finding the leak
"I'm not. I am but I'm not. I just do everything. I've lived here since the beginning, and I'm curious. So after 40 years, I know how everything in the Panelka works. You've seen what I do with the apartments."
pushing out and glassed in.
pushing the space out, yet the connection to the outside gets further and further.. . . . . . . .
make new, but keep the old
"Make new friends, but keep the old, one is silver and the other's gold."
frames, apertures, and filters
The blocks of Trakiya were designed for maximum sunlight.
True to modernist form, the windows are large, the balconies beyond them reaching out to pull in more sun.
The inhabitants . . . . . . . .
floral tiles and a sprouting sink
"most people cant afford to do it all at once. So they do the top, then the bottom, or they do the bottom then the top.