In the monotowns built for nuclear power plants, the founding myth promised stability, prosperity, and an above-standard social environment. When the plants remained unfinished, this myth collapsed. Populations were left in incomplete cities, facing economic decline and social erosion. The dream became a burden — an unfulfilled promise shaping everyday life at the periphery of modernity. Roadside Picnic is a project that explores earlier unnoticed typology — urban settlement build around Unfinished Nuclear Power Plants worldwide.
Paul Cetnarski
Paul Cetnarski, is an architect, researcher and educator focusing on peripheral phenomena around architecture. He holds B.Arch and M.Arch diplomas and graduated from Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design, currently teaching and lecturing at INDA, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok Thailand. Paul runs his architectural practice LNDWRKS.COM.