Housing Construction In Zarafshon

Zarafshon, Uzbekistan, supports the nearby mining industry and that sector is booming. More mining means more people and they need to rest their tired bodies somewhere. Zarafshon is busy building apartments.

The future is now, out torwad the horizon.

The playground is in. Local (not so) portable toilet at a construction site.

Minimart, waiting for the surrounding, new metropolis.

It's always sunny in Zarafshon. Too sunny, finished apartments with residents adapting to the searing sun.

Endless building for maximum growth.

Apartment Living In Zarafshon

Zarafshon, Uzbekistan is an isolated town in a mining area. Imagine a Soviet city popping up overnight to support all that rock removal. Block after block of iconic, brutalist style apartment housing.

Typical row of apartment buildings.

Signs of little lives, a tiny kiosk and a small garden.

A block showing its age. And satellite dishes and air conditioners.

Details. A graphic look, ode to László Moholy-Nagy. More air conditioners, new and old, at a market.

Colorful concrete zoo, a break from apartment block monotony.