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Behind the Facade, formal studies

September 13th, 2011

Here’s an attempt to distill some of the formal qualities of the alley photos – unlike the first try, this one done manually. I like this better, but I’m not sure if it has the punch of the high-contrast dropout images. Once again, if you have anything approaching an opinion on these, don’t hesitate to share.

Edit 9/14/11:

Here’s an idea that I think begins to better describe the formal qualities of the alley environment (in a funny way it’s beginning to look like my old multiple exposure street photography – something to think about). I simply overlaid all five of the above drawings and rotated the result to keep anything from being too obviously the “main” image:

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Regenstein Library at the University of Chicago by Walter Netsch

August 28th, 2011

Not as hard-core as the UIC buildings I’ve covered in the past (also here, here and here), the Regenstein Library’s main architectural moves are the concrete elevation and the two staircases – the main one serving all floors and another serving the second and third floor reading rooms. Unusually for Netsch, the building sports quite a few windows, though considering the depth of the plan, they’re not exactly a dominant feature.