In 1960, Brasilia was celebrated as the realisation of an urban planning vision based on designs by Lucio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer. At the same time, the sectoral city of Chandigarh was rising according to plans by Le Corbusier. The test 'tube city' arose as an export of modernity from a Western planning euphoria that displayed utopian traits. In both cities, foreign architecture entered into a harmonious relationship with indigenous culture, forming new and independent identities. This publication addresses the question of how modernism has been appropriated in both cities, and how the people who live in them deal with it. Commonalities and differences are identified and images of everyday urban life showcased. On the initiative of the publisher, the young photographer Iwan Baan has taken stock of contemporary life in both cities. With commentary in the form of essays by Cees Nooteboom on the photographs and by Martino Stierli on the architectural and planning history.
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Iwan Baan , architecture and documentary photographer, works in Domus, a+u, The New Yorker, NY Times, etc. He is working with SANAA, Koolhaas /OMA, Herzog & de Meuron, Toyo Ito, Steven Holl, Zaha Hadid.
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Disappointed
24 May 2011
By M. goldblum
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For a book about two of the most incredible developments of the 20th century, by two of the most remarkable architects, by today's most renowned architectural photographer, the book is a disappointment.
First, the layout fights the pictures. Odd graphics, precious text, bulky paper all make it hard to read. Worst is that most of the big images sprawl across the seam, making it hard to take in the scene depicted. Time and again i found myself frustrated by the layout marring the photography.
Second, the pictures themselves fail to live up to their potential. The reason to buy the book is to see how these developments have held up in time, how their users changed them or were changed by them, how well their designers anticipated their use, growth and decay. The pictures failed to do this, for me. They either showed scenes of generic urban life, or more or less pristine images of the now-weathered buildings.
Too bad.
First, the layout fights the pictures. Odd graphics, precious text, bulky paper all make it hard to read. Worst is that most of the big images sprawl across the seam, making it hard to take in the scene depicted. Time and again i found myself frustrated by the layout marring the photography.
Second, the pictures themselves fail to live up to their potential. The reason to buy the book is to see how these developments have held up in time, how their users changed them or were changed by them, how well their designers anticipated their use, growth and decay. The pictures failed to do this, for me. They either showed scenes of generic urban life, or more or less pristine images of the now-weathered buildings.
Too bad.
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A photographer's warm eyes looking at city.
23 Jan 2013
By kim jae-kyeong
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It is a wonderful work of architectural photography. It is a nice book with a photographer's warm eyes looking at city.
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humanity in architecture
12 July 2012
By j4reviews
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mr. ban's work offers a uniquely human perspective on how we interact and live in architectural spaces, and these photographs give you an unscripted view of life in brasilia and chandigarh. i like the look and feel of this book (including the book size/full spread images), and i appreciate the blurred line between architectural and documentary photography. if you don't know much about iwan's work, check out his website. i'm happy to own my copy, and am lucky enough to have it signed from when he showed some of the prints in los angeles at ACME.
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