Zaporizhzhia

Propylaeum buildings

Buildings

Description

  • Two five-storey two-section houses that are part of the architectural ensemble of the residential complex # 3 of Sotsmist. The houses are located on both sides of the passage, framing the entrance to the circular courtyard, creating a kind of propyla (gate) made on the motifs of ancient architecture.

Two propies are a voluminous composition of the residential complex of quarter # 3, often referred to as twin houses. The buildings have the only architectural solution with the Round House, using the architectural motifs of antiquity.

The name of the houses reveals their main purpose in the architectural ensemble of the quarter, because "propyles" are gates that perform the functions of the front entrance, passage and are symmetrically located to the axis of movement. Propile-houses improvise a gate to the courtyard of the Round House, consisting of a combination of two narrow parallelepipeds with stair ends. Particular architectural features include the rounded openings of the facades (screens) and semicircular balconies.

Two propies are a voluminous composition of the residential complex of quarter # 3, often referred to as twin houses. The buildings have the only architectural solution with the Round House, using the architectural motifs of antiquity.

The name of the houses reveals their main purpose in the architectural ensemble of the quarter, because "propyles" are gates that perform the functions of the front entrance, passage and are symmetrically located to the axis of movement. Propile-houses improvise a gate to the courtyard of the Round House, consisting of a combination of two narrow parallelepipeds with stair ends. Particular architectural features include the rounded openings of the facades (screens) and semicircular balconies.

How to get there?

How to get there? Public transportation to the stop of Metallurgy Ave. Nearby: Round House, Museum of the History of Weapons, Concert Hall. E. Glinki, DniproGES.

And also nearby

HISTORY

  • Built during the 1930s, during the period of construction of the socialist district # 3. The inner space of the quarter was well landscaped and tidy.

The architectural composition of the quarter marked a fundamental change in the aesthetic ideal of urban planning of the Soviet era. The architectural composition was bright and individual, naturally combining principles inherent in constructivism and classicism. Building # 3 is one of the most outstanding examples of the architectural heritage of the 1930s and 1940s.

The architectural composition of the quarter marked a fundamental change in the aesthetic ideal of urban planning of the Soviet era. The architectural composition was bright and individual, naturally combining principles inherent in constructivism and classicism. Building # 3 is one of the most outstanding examples of the architectural heritage of the 1930s and 1940s.

INTERESTING FACTS

  • The buildings are considered to be the prototype of the "propyla" of the tomb of Evrysak, a character of ancient Roman mythology, and similar architectural elements were used to decorate the facades.
  • The buildings are considered to be the prototype of the "propyla" of the tomb of Evrysak, a character of ancient Roman mythology, and similar architectural elements were used to decorate the facades.