Brutalizam nadomak grada

We can often count Belgrade picnic areas on our fingers, I have not visited one of them since my school days, and it is very possible and never in my life. Although there is, half an hour from the city center, a deep hilly forest with a detail that will never go out of fashion. Indeed, socialist modernism seems to be gaining more and more interest from year to year. Modern forever. It is as if awe grows every time we find ourselves in front of these massive concrete monuments, built just to show all the power of memories and emotions in whose name they were erected.

Kosmaj, in addition to its phenomenal nature, lookout point, walking path and, more recently, brewery, preserves the memory of the fallen fighters of the Kosmaj partisan detachment who died during the fierce fight against fascism. As you approach the mountain from the foothills, above the now yellow canopy, the sparks of the libertarian spark rise. Freedom to the people. Although brutalism as a direction in architecture, which emerged after the Second World War, always focused on practicality and not beauty, from my point of view I refute the claim. Personally, I think that brutalism is a combination of that inner beauty where all the emotions come from and the rough lines that symbolize strength after each fall are even stronger. Beauty that does not evoke any emotion is a superficial outline and an attempt. What even water cannot extinguish is the eternal flame that is located in the central part of the monument, and which further adds to the symbolism of this place. Under the autumn fog, mysticism finds its way through the lenses and attempts of all of us to present reality in the most brutal way. However, it is not bad to read a little about the history of this place before the visit, the photos will definitely turn out good.

When you get tired of all that trampling and history, continue the brutal procession in the nearby brewery Kabinet. You must have heard of this small brewery of good beer and identical company. During the summer months you can lie down on the green and soft meadow in front of the building, in the winter tucked behind glass you can enjoy the view. The architecture follows the all-day story, minimalism and industrial design of the whole building is cherry on this cake of ours. Although cake and beer don’t really go together.