On Part 1 of the report we visited the southern part of Fier’s abandoned industrial site.
The next day I came back to Fier again, to cover the northern part, which was a nitrogen fertilizer factory. This time, I wasn’t alone – why not share the enjoyment of visiting such a huge concrete thrilling amusement park?
Let’s start with a short video introduction:
The reason I rushed back to see the northern part of the site was the following sight – looking into the site from the main street I couldn’t resist imagining a campus main boulevard, with impressive faculty buildings surrounding it
In this part of the site, only big concrete structures remained, after all the metal parts – tanks, pipes, beams, etc… were removed and sold for millions to be recycled, involving a corruption issue…
We now approach the site from the north and enter the site through the non existing fence
The wonderful geometric compositions created by the distinct concrete structures are something I haven’t seen in industrial sites before
The “Inclined” structures are above us
Walking up the “Inclined” – this is a museum gallery – ready place!
Peep show
“Thing” is here ?? (“The Addams Family“)
Just nearby is the “Rectangular Hall”
with its unique industrial “Mashrabia” detail
We now approach the “Tower”
And look up from its bottom
A romantic touristic view point
We climb up
and look down inside the tower
About 50 meters above ground we get an amazing view of the whole industrial campus, from north to south.
On the upper-right side of the picture we see the three cooling towers we saw on part 1, and left of them is the power plant main hall and tall chimneys.
The northern area of the site contains an interesting combination of concrete structures with distinct shapes. The hyperboloid cooling towers draw a unique attention in the overall composition of the site. In total, there are 7 cooling towers scattered on this site.
Another interesting structure that can be seen in several places on the site is the “Dome”
In the dome center, remains make an interesting color mix
We conclude with a “Dome” panorama
In the next part we shall deepen the architectural analysis of the site, and wonder about repurposing it, in light of the new monumental buildings being built for Fier and Berat universities.
Some interesting Albania vintage links:
A 1970’s view of the “Gogo Nushi” nitrogen fertilizer factory when it actually worked
A wonderful collection of photos from Albania taken between 1939 and 1992
One Response
Olaf, The Netherland
Funny,
Ik took just about the same pictures a few months ago.
But (becasue I was alone) I did not climb up all the stairs.
My pics are in Panoramio, so you can find them in Google Earth.
When did you visit Fier?
Greetings from Holland,
Olaf