Anglais Francis kere iwan baan momentum of light (édition en anglais)

Francis Kere, Iwan Baan (Photographie)

Résumé

Across the African continent, but especially in the sub-Saharan regions the light provided by the sun has a particularly stark quality, which becomes most apparent in relation to age-old buildings and in the way in which it shapes daily routines. Without relying on artificial light, architecture had to both make use of the sun light to create a light source within a building, yet also protect those living in the houses from the intensity of it. This has resulted in vernacular architecture that works with very few or small openings that render the inside of a building near pitch black while the outside is illuminated by direct sunshine that bears down mercilessly.

On the initiative of the lighting company Zumtobel Group, photographer Iwan Baan and architect Francis Kere set out to capture how the sun's natural light cycle shapes vernacular architecture with little to no artificial light sources in Burkina Faso. They travelled to three exemplary locations: Communal compounds in Gando, the main mosque of Bobo Dioulasso and the terraced houses in Dano utilising pots to create skylights. Baan's pictures are accompanied by architectural sketches by Francis Kere, who himself grew up in this light environment and whose architecture is inspired by it. The stunning photographs are printed in a special technique to give a sense of being immersed in the very light conditions that are being documented.


Rayons : Arts et spectacles > Architecture / Urbanisme > Essais / Réflexions / Ecrits sur l'architecture


  • Auteur(s)

    Francis Kere, Iwan Baan

  • Éditeur

    Lars Muller

  • Distributeur

    Interart

  • Date de parution

    06/10/2021

  • EAN

    9783037786864

  • Disponibilité

    Disponible

  • Nombre de pages

    180 Pages

  • Longueur

    33 cm

  • Largeur

    24 cm

  • Poids

    952 g

  • Diffuseur

    Interart

  • Support principal

    Grand format

Infos supplémentaires : Broché  

Iwan Baan

  • Pays : Royaume Uni
  • Langue : Anglais

After studying photography at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague, Iwan Baan followed his interest in documentary photography, before narrowing his focus to record how humans interact within their built environment, like in his work on informal communities, such as his images of the Torre David in Caracas - a series that won Baan the Golden Lion for Best Installation at the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale. His work has been exhibited in the Museum of Modern art, the Architectural Association in London, the AIA New York Chapter, and appears frequently on the pages of architecture, design and lifestyle publications all over the world.

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