mupuf, 2 months ago

@azonenberg Oh, enjoy Bochum! Haven't been there in forever, and now I crave a good curryurst from the Drei Eck!

azonenberg, 2 months ago

@mupuf Had currywurst for dinner today (not from there in particular though). Can confirm it's good.

vogelchr, 2 months ago

@azonenberg But of course, not having a space between "Universitätsbibliothek" and "Bochum" is incorrect, I guess it's just spelt as one word to troll foreigners ;-).

azonenberg, 2 months ago

@vogelchr Yeah I was wondering about that myself. Figured it was for artistic reasons.

humanhorseshoes, 2 months ago

@vogelchr @azonenberg Maybe flip it over so we can read it without a mirror

vogelchr, 2 months ago

@humanhorseshoes @azonenberg I checked: It' art, and the artist has a story why it had to be flipped. Something to do with the building being initially designed so that what's now the main entrance used to be the back-entrance, or so.

There's also a similar installation (without spaces) at the collections of art of the ruhr-university... (Kunstsammlungen der Ruhruniversität Bochum).

https://www.ruhrkunstmuseen.com/de/projekte/public-art-ruhr/kunstsammlungen-der-rub/

vogelchr, 2 months ago

@humanhorseshoes @azonenberg Interestingly, there are quite a few universities where the main buildings are very similar looking. There obviously was a time when university libraries, canteens, and so on were prefabricated in reinforced concrete, and dropped by transport helicopter onto unsuspecting cities.

azonenberg, 2 months ago

@vogelchr @humanhorseshoes That must have been quite the impressive sight, a helicopter with 1km rotor span flying overhead carrying a building.

vogelchr, 2 months ago

@azonenberg @humanhorseshoes Yes, a magnificent sight. And imagine the screams of the scared students the buildings were shipped with when they were dropped! The HORROR!

azonenberg, 2 months ago

@vogelchr @humanhorseshoes Yep. They did truck the books in later for the larger ones, though. Would have been too heavy to fly in otherwise.