Strikes me as a good example of pragmatic Soviet design

• Rear wall protects occupants from North winds
• Positive pressure zones at sides lessen precipitation ingress
• Upward air foil blocks snow like invisible awning
• Interior morphology allows it to function as a small stage that passively amplifies audio in a radial frustum centered at waist height, best for children or seated adults
• Bench-free design promotes strong bones and strong character, unlike American bus stop

Looks still in use too, stuff near it and the road still goes up to it.

Should have saved some of the concrete for some benches.

Hang on they not done brb Edit: I may have misapprehended what “it” refers to, so sorry

If you're not joking, I think that that's a bus stop. I'm pretty sure that it's a Soviet one --- I'm almost certain that I saw pictures that looked identical to that in a collection of photos of old Soviet buildings.

EDIT: @snoons@lemmy.ca also says that it's a Soviet bus stop.

EDIT2: It's the cover image on this book of photos of Soviet bus stops:

https://fuel-design.com/...

EDIT3: Apparently it's in Taraz, Kazakhstan. My very brief attempt to find a shot of it in Google Maps wasn't successful, though, so I can't guarantee that it's still around.

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