Swalkeling - Ihme-Zentrum

I met this fabulous artwork when out swalkeling in Hannover, I was exploring the Ihme-Zentrum, an enormous living / work space and once shopping centre, an architectural statement built in 1974. Inspired by Le Corbusier's ideal city, if this kind of integrated-living architecture was in London or the South of France, it would be a piece of treasured and desirable real estate.

The Ihme complex is at the bottom of Linden Strasse, flanking the River Leine on what can only be described as Hannover's Riviera. It is currently run down and overlooked but still has a few residents and a boxing club...Made out of cast concrete, a relative of the Sprengel Museum and London Southbank, the location and structure is crying out for someone with imagination and money to build back the community in this extraordinary place.

Amazing what swalkeling finds are there to be discovered... Hope this big bold artwork is here to stay !

Susie