Patching damaged buildings with Legos

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WebUrbanist points out the delightful work of Jan Vormann, an artist who repairs damaged structures with colorful arrangements of Legos.

They write:

The stark contrast of monochromatic, crumbling stone buildings and small, colorful plastic toy blocks is especially jarring in Berlin, where evidence of the horrors of World War II is still visible in cracks and bullet holes. But that's what makes this setting so poignant for German artist Jan Vormann, who patches damage to old buildings around the world with Legos. Vormann aims to fill Berlin with new life - even if only temporarily and symbolically - using this sometimes controversial juxtaposition of new and old, and the unity that it brings to onlookers who stop to help.

You can read the rest of the WebUrbanist post here, or visit Vormann's website here.
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