Jan-Erik Andersson: The demolition of the "Blue House" (Sininen talo) Art Nouveau building

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  • Опубліковано 13 бер 2011
  • Artist Jan-Erik Andersson's video work "The Destruction of Beauty" is published on UA-cam to influence the debate about to role of ornate wooden building for the built environment. The ornate Finnish Art Nouveau buildings with the ground floor made of bricks and the first floor made of wood are unique.
    The"Blue House" (Sininen talo) building in Turku, by Carl Armfelt, was built in 1902 and destroyed in 2011 as a consequence of a political decision made by the City Council.
    The building is also called by the name of the previous owner Wikeström & Krogius. The existing company with the same name has nothing to do with the demolition.
    Please, share the video! © Jan-Erik Andersson 2011

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  • @yank1776
    @yank1776 11 років тому +4

    Destroying that building was a crime, someone in city hall got a big kickback to allow that.

  • @mathias6528
    @mathias6528 5 років тому +4

    rather heartbreaking. this beautiful building should have been around for another hundred years!

  • @demolitionmelbourne662
    @demolitionmelbourne662 9 років тому +6

    Safety comes first while performing any task. Very well demonstrated video showing proper precautions taken while #demolishing a #building.

  • @demomanwreckit
    @demomanwreckit 12 років тому +3

    Those guys are good. They show no mercy on the old house. Just the way a wrecking crew should operate, after all they are there to wreck it, not to save it. Nice job, men.

  • @WellPosed
    @WellPosed 13 років тому +3

    Vanity of vanities and vanity as culture...
    Of course private interests are concerned with profit. The city council should be able to use both carrots and sticks to save buildings like this. Unfortunately there is a big overlap of monetary and political power in Turku...

  • @BrazilianAeroplane
    @BrazilianAeroplane 13 років тому +2

    Quite a quick work isn't? How about now to also implode the Tuomio Kirkko as next? Imagine how many makkara kioskis we could put in there instead of these old stuff all around such a historical city? Really incredible. Anyway, while looking at it I could see all that beautiful, good quality and genuine Finnish Sisu on that wonderful Wikeström & Krogius building: it was like fighting back and bravely holding strong against the power of that demolition machine. I'm shocked and sad to see it.

  • @jamie032300
    @jamie032300 11 років тому +3

    Those idiots out there have no right to destroy these wonderful buildings.

  • @mattiina911
    @mattiina911 12 років тому +2

    Kaivinkoneen kuljettaja on selvästikin viimeisen päälle ammattimies, häntä älkäämme syyttäkö, työtään mies teki ja mielestäni aika kauniinkin hienovaraisesti. Siitä pienet propsit hänelle. Perinnerakentamisen ystävänä, löi kyllä kyyneleet silmään isommallekin miehelle. Syitä en kysele, mutta taas on jotain kaunista poissa.

  • @mondeotje
    @mondeotje 9 років тому +15

    Which idiot gave the permission to brake down this historic building. Now its gone forever.

    • @PreservationEnthusiast
      @PreservationEnthusiast 8 років тому +1

      +flierefluiter johnny I think more buildings like this should smashed and destroyed, it was crap. I would help smash them up.

    • @ScootsNBhistorybehindthegaming
      @ScootsNBhistorybehindthegaming 8 років тому +2

      +heelfan1234 "LETS DESTROY MORE DURABLE HOUSES THAT STILL RETAIN THEIR BEAUTY AND MAKE WAY FOR SHITTY LOOKING 'MODERN' HOUSES" THAT ARE SO THIN AND CHEAPLY MADE THAT THE FIRST TORNADO WOULD DESTROY THEM!"

    • @sethmclean7771
      @sethmclean7771 8 років тому

      +heelfan1234 will then ur a fuckin dumb ass

    • @neilscott5195
      @neilscott5195 6 років тому

      is pow is pow is pow is pow is pow

    • @PreservationEnthusiast
      @PreservationEnthusiast 5 років тому +1

      @@sethmclean7771 I love busting up crap. This is the kind of shit we smash in abandoned buildings when we do New Wave Urbex (smash fest).

  • @mariagoltsman
    @mariagoltsman 13 років тому +2

    it hearts so much!

  • @jayjaco
    @jayjaco 12 років тому +2

    The way of getting around Heritage listing in Australia is that the building happens to catch fire and burns to the ground...therefore no longer heritage....

  • @christopherlovelock9104
    @christopherlovelock9104 10 років тому +3

    Such a shame to see this lovely building pulled down - but that is councils for you - just the same all over the world. The crane operator might have been a bit slow but I think he was just being careful - I noticed he took extra care with the ground-floor windows - were they going to be re-used ?

  • @200006neon
    @200006neon 10 років тому +4

    war ma echt schönes haus schon schade das es weggemacht worden ist :(

  • @waxedtaters
    @waxedtaters 9 років тому +25

    WTF they don't build shit like this anymore! Can't we hold on to these beauties while time keeps them in excellent shape like this one was so people like us and future generations can enjoy its presence??? apparently not

  • @canadiancatgreen
    @canadiancatgreen 11 років тому +2

    why was it torn down such a cool looking building

  • @snoozinghipo
    @snoozinghipo 7 років тому +2

    What was the address of this building?

  • @DiscordC
    @DiscordC 12 років тому +1

    i wonder how much money they paid the demo company to tear that down? it had to be a LOT.

  • @KrK007
    @KrK007 11 років тому +1

    Highway going through?

  • @MitchGrooms
    @MitchGrooms 11 років тому +2

    DAMN, THIS IS A SHAME, SEEMS LIKE THEY WERE TRYING TO SAVE THE WINDOW FRAMES..

  • @rottmanthan
    @rottmanthan 6 років тому

    exterior was pretty cool

  • @eagleknight2701
    @eagleknight2701 11 років тому +4

    That excavator operator is slowest operator I have seen.

  • @chriscumming25
    @chriscumming25 12 років тому +1

    cool

  • @laurilmberg7273
    @laurilmberg7273 7 років тому +3

    hienosti meni taas

  • @ricardomorales2751
    @ricardomorales2751 10 років тому +1

    In our university course we are estimating productivity rates for wood demolition. Do U remember the SQFT of each floor or the total SQFT of the house? Total time of demolition?
    Thanks.

    • @PreservationEnthusiast
      @PreservationEnthusiast 8 років тому +1

      +Ricardo Morales Who cares. Just burn the sucker. I guarantee it will be gone in an hour or two and no man power or productivity needed!

  • @jamescampbell7780
    @jamescampbell7780 5 років тому +1

    This excavator operator needs a refresher course in demolition. He's horrendously slow, must be an hourly rate job!

  • @IMBd
    @IMBd 13 років тому

    @jannestrang yep, i don't regret movin away yet

  • @snoozinghipo
    @snoozinghipo 7 років тому +3

    Should have been protected as a unique architectural building. Of course some won't like it's look but that's beside the point!

  • @MattsMadnessOfficial
    @MattsMadnessOfficial 11 років тому

    why ? ...
    and its not a backhoe

  • @rotteni
    @rotteni 12 років тому

    @demomanwreckit thnx, i can tell you that we found pretty intersting stuff from there

  • @ZiggyTheDawg
    @ZiggyTheDawg 12 років тому +2

    @kellygavin2
    They can't really do that because 1: those machines are pretty hard to control and 2: they need to bring the building down so all the peices are small enough and so it is safe to walk around the site and that none of the debree gets on roads.

  • @TheoBinnendijk
    @TheoBinnendijk 11 років тому +4

    I Like your video, but I don't like the demolition of this beautiful building. The condition wasn't bad, I thought. I am a retired architect and I made demolition video's, but this hurts.

  • @JaspaJami
    @JaspaJami 13 років тому

    Why??

  • @MitchGrooms
    @MitchGrooms 10 років тому +1

    OMG, whaT? I would want some of those pieces//

  • @davidyoung3286
    @davidyoung3286 3 роки тому

    Why?

  • @MrCinimod93
    @MrCinimod93 11 років тому

    looked move in ready

  • @angelcat910
    @angelcat910 11 років тому +1

    ich verstehe das alles nicht wie kann man nur solche wunderschönen häuser einreißen undglaublich sowas.....

  • @jamiruuska392
    @jamiruuska392 5 років тому +2

    So fucking shamefull... One of the mos beautifull houses that I have seen with my own eyes.

  • @maikeliRAIWALUI
    @maikeliRAIWALUI 8 років тому

    3:05 hold the phone!

  • @tsutomusiikki
    @tsutomusiikki 13 років тому

    Miksi meillä kaikki kaunis tahtoo kuolla ja suuri surkastua alhaiseen?

  • @Havokki1
    @Havokki1 12 років тому +2

    Sinne meni palanen historiaa. :/

  • @eemaju
    @eemaju 13 років тому

    jösses... meni loputkin sympatiat turkulaisia kohtaan...

  • @thierrykortekaas6356
    @thierrykortekaas6356 6 років тому

    Why did they demolish it?

  • @hubfried0815
    @hubfried0815 8 років тому

    The Operator is very slow at work,same like slo mo

  • @nickbeam5432
    @nickbeam5432 6 років тому +1

    This is sad being in housing construction all my life and seeing this, made me wonder there reasoning. Then i noticed how they were taking it done. They are looking for something in the walls and floors. Interesting.

  • @jennybaker4452
    @jennybaker4452 3 роки тому +2

    Why do you have to tear down such a beautiful house

  • @Aruss1984
    @Aruss1984 11 років тому +1

    Just CRIMINAL !!

  • @rogerarseneau1639
    @rogerarseneau1639 5 років тому

    Sad, history is worth saving

    • @PreservationEnthusiast
      @PreservationEnthusiast Рік тому

      No it isn't. And since everything is history, you would save everything! Not practical either.

  • @hairybeefman
    @hairybeefman 7 років тому +2

    Honestly i think it s the ugly building towers behind the blue house they should destroy!!!

  • @electricporo
    @electricporo 13 років тому +2

    HAIL HAIL TO THE EUROPIAN CULTURE CAPITAL OF 2011!!!!

  • @jennybaker4452
    @jennybaker4452 3 роки тому

    You only see those houses 🏠 in New Orleans

  • @rrf482012
    @rrf482012 10 років тому

    New operator

  • @Flojos77190
    @Flojos77190 8 років тому +1

    4:32...heartbreaking!

  • @MegaPlexy
    @MegaPlexy 10 років тому

    Ei voi katsoa, sattuu niin. Kiitos J-E Andersson, että taltioit tämän !!!!

  • @tuomasjar82
    @tuomasjar82 12 років тому

    Älkää syyttäkö työmiestä vaan päättäjiä. Kuntavaalitkin tulossa, niin miettikääpä mitä teette.

  • @4ever242
    @4ever242 9 років тому +10

    Oh no ... I thought that Finland is a cultural country. But I'm sorry, this is just barbaric disrespect to the legacy of ancestors! Here in the Czech Republic this happened under f****n' communist rule. But nowadays? People would very loudly protested. What building replaced the old one? Certainly nothing more precious even nicer than the old house ...Thanks for your activity Jan-Erik, greetings from Prague

  • @tacocat1714
    @tacocat1714 3 роки тому +1

    Gorgeous old buildings exist:
    5% of people: save it!
    %90 of people: tear it down to build some shitty apartment building!
    %5 of people: save our tax dollars!

  • @alexanderjacobo6894
    @alexanderjacobo6894 6 років тому

    That house was so nice

  • @Segis84
    @Segis84 13 років тому

    @jannestrang Hårda ord, hårda ord...

  • @gavincurtis
    @gavincurtis 9 років тому

    Climate controlled storage lockers went in its place?

  • @k.c.beagle7102
    @k.c.beagle7102 5 років тому

    Gotta go its in the way!

    • @wolfiewolfification
      @wolfiewolfification 4 роки тому

      You got the right idea and you can't stop progress

    • @wolfiewolfification
      @wolfiewolfification 4 роки тому

      Tree Huggers who are whining on here have no right if they wanted to say what they should have just bought the building themselves stop interfering with somebody else's property rights

  • @manga12
    @manga12 11 років тому +3

    a travesty really, art neuvo is even rarer then art deco in most areas, it was pretty.

  • @demomanwreckit
    @demomanwreckit 12 років тому

    Volvo makes a good wrecking machine

  • @lordieshepherd
    @lordieshepherd 9 років тому +1

    What a shame. I'd have rather seen that pink building next door or those ugly Lego brick eyesores behind get knocked down

  • @gmscap
    @gmscap 10 років тому

    So what the hell is this guy doing? He nibbles it away one board at a time. If they were salvaging woodwork, that's one thing but it looks like they destroyed everything.

    • @tomburcher5237
      @tomburcher5237 6 років тому

      Americans are great destroyers. They have been known to tear down a house that was lived in, when the family was away. There is a Blue House on court street in Athens ,Ohio that needs to go. It is a den of iniquity1

  • @arnaldovinagre4350
    @arnaldovinagre4350 6 років тому +2

    History crime!!!!

  • @wolfiewolfification
    @wolfiewolfification 4 роки тому +2

    It was a random piece of garbage and good thing they took it down

    • @PreservationEnthusiast
      @PreservationEnthusiast 3 роки тому +2

      I agree. It was a load of shite.
      All these whinging moaners on here saying that "they" should have preserved it should put together their own money to do it, instead of expecting public money or other third party finance to do it.

  • @latezist
    @latezist 12 років тому

    Hyvä turku! Olette (taas) tuhonneet palan kultturihistoriaa!

  • @wizzwamf
    @wizzwamf 11 років тому +2

    think they got the building wrong it should have been that rancid block on the left disgrace

  • @bretthovey5634
    @bretthovey5634 5 років тому

    very slow operator painfull to watch

  • @michaelkoop6731
    @michaelkoop6731 4 роки тому

    With as slow as he is tearing it down it must of took him 13 years to do. So damn slow just get it down.

  • @Gamerappa
    @Gamerappa 8 років тому

    The White House is better that The Blue House. because CLASSICAL!

  • @Onraj13
    @Onraj13 13 років тому

    En tykkää!

  • @PreservationEnthusiast
    @PreservationEnthusiast 5 років тому +3

    I enjoyed the demo. I love busting up shit like this!

    • @bettyprice6316
      @bettyprice6316 4 роки тому +2

      Me too! xxx

    • @kellymeadows353
      @kellymeadows353 2 роки тому +1

      😂😂 Well, I guess a few of us are just not overly sentimental about things........

    • @PreservationEnthusiast
      @PreservationEnthusiast 2 роки тому +2

      @@kellymeadows353 It's similar when we do New Wave Urbex Smash.
      Look to the future, not to the past!

    • @kellymeadows353
      @kellymeadows353 2 роки тому

      @@PreservationEnthusiast I agree, at least when it comes to these structures and material objects.......
      Yes.....definately a time for letting go.....and it does come around fairly quickly........a lot quicker than many people want..................New Wave Urbex Smash must be pretty damn cool!

  • @firesurfer
    @firesurfer 4 роки тому

    I guess the land was more valuable than the building. Look at what they built in its place. Google Koulukatu 2, Turku. on maps. Horrible modern building.

  • @decaid53
    @decaid53 12 років тому

    Destroying the heritage of the community. Those responsilbe need to take a god long look at themselves!

  • @SPEEDOFDOG
    @SPEEDOFDOG 12 років тому

    making way for the 1% of course what else

  • @bettyprice6316
    @bettyprice6316 4 роки тому +2

    Vandalism

  • @jukingeo
    @jukingeo 11 років тому

    3:02 Pick Up The PHONE! LOL, that is what it looks like. But really it is a sad shame a nice looking building like this was destroyed.

  • @SuperBespo
    @SuperBespo 4 роки тому

    Taking it apart nail by nail would have been faster.

  • @miauve
    @miauve 12 років тому

    Tämä oli kyllä surullista katseltavaa :(
    This just made me so sad and dissapointed. It's hard to even grasp that there are people who actually thought that demolishing this building was a good idea :(

  • @timsheneman1826
    @timsheneman1826 3 роки тому

    removing history

  • @bashirmuhammad5276
    @bashirmuhammad5276 6 років тому

    This no good

  • @user-yp6kn2uw4k
    @user-yp6kn2uw4k 4 роки тому

    Те уродливые бетонные безликие коробки, что позади синей усадьбы намного более заслуживают сноса, ибо - ширпотребная архитектурная блевотина! А этот дом, если мешал, надо было поднять на домкратах и перевезти в другое - тихое, сельское, уединённое место!!

  • @tucfinland
    @tucfinland 13 років тому

    The Green party opposed of the destruction of this building. If the Left wing party would have opposed it as well, it would have been saved. However, land use planning is the most important tool to save these kind of buildings. PLEASE make every effort to save the buildings while making decisions in land use planning since it is the only way to save the buildings for good.

    • @EzeePosseTV
      @EzeePosseTV 3 роки тому

      Fking Left-tards destroying everything as usual. Why am I not surprised.

    • @duckmuller2922
      @duckmuller2922 3 роки тому

      @@EzeePosseTV lmao. Capitalist pigs destroy these historical buildings because of money. Shut up. You dont clearly know the story.

    • @EzeePosseTV
      @EzeePosseTV 3 роки тому

      @@duckmuller2922 Yes exactly and in that country they are left/far left leaning people in power. Either way greed caused the destruction of that gorgeous old building. And no I won't shut up, you don't get to control when and what to say or stop me speaking. Hmmm it's almost like what leftists do, telling people to "shut up" and/or they try to censor them. Ahhh it makes sense now! LOL

    • @duckmuller2922
      @duckmuller2922 3 роки тому

      @@EzeePosseTV in 2011 there was both right and left learned people in power. No one didn't care about history, just money. Finnish far left is against this kind of stupidity. Likewise, the Green Party in it between the right and the left.

    • @duckmuller2922
      @duckmuller2922 3 роки тому

      @@EzeePosseTV And there isn't far left people in power..