istanbul design biennale: fictional buildings by xavier delory

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Oct 15, 2012

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'facade libre' as part of 'urban forms' by xavier delory

belgian artist xavier delory presented his 'urban forms' and 'habitat' projects as part of the 'musibet' exhibition curated by emre arolat
during the istanbul design biennale 2012. the photographic works, with 'urban forms' ongoing, are an exploration of mutating architecture -
an interrogation into contemporary space design and the influence of modern man.

'urban forms' uses brussels as a platform to delve into the idea that cities tend to evolve with recurring characteristics.
the series can be broken down into four chapters - 'gentrification': which reflects the impact of wealthier people upon acquiring property
in low income communities; 'barre d'ilot': refers to the urban block and office towers intruding upon a historic city; 'domino':
this area is informed by le corbusiers' philosophy and 'facade': in reference to façadism or the fantasy similar to a disneyland city.

his earlier project 'habitat' looks at the homogeneous society developed through trends such as prefab architecture,
personified by characterless homes without windows or doors. delory explains these types of monoculture designs are a reflection of
the people behind them - 'a withdrawal into on ourselves and our formatted lives'.

each piece is digitally manipulated to create a strikingly convincing and compelling world of surreal architecture,
revealing a message of a societal disposition that is perhaps not so unbelievable.

'domino 03'

'barre ilot 02'

'barre ilot 01'

'domino 07'

'gentrification'

'urban greenhouse'

'barre ilot 03'

'lidl' from 'ferme le dimanche'

'habitat 00' from the 'habitat' series

'habitat 08' from the 'habitat' series

'habitat 17' from the 'habitat' series

'habitat 01' from the 'habitat' series

istanbul design biennial
october 13th - december 12th, 2012
with the aim of underlining the importance of design for production, economy, cultural interaction and quality of life, the first istanbul design biennial
will be realized in 2012 by istanbul foundation for culture and arts. istanbul design biennial will be open to all disciplines of the creative industries in
major fields such as urban design, architecture, interior design, industrial design, graphic design, new media design and fashion design, as well as their subfields.

lara db

10.15.12

Now that’s what I call digital manipulation.
How come my software can’t do seamless pasting like that.

mackenzie collins says:

Oct 15, 2012

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מקסים

YARA113 says:

Oct 17, 2012

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Wow! Those pics are superb, beautiful to watch. I wanna have a look directly rather than through my PC. Thank you for posting such pictures.

Sample forms

Sample forms says:

Oct 17, 2012

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http://www.filipdujardin.be/

Emanuele says:

Oct 17, 2012

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The gulf between ordinary and extraordinary architecture need not be so great. These images illustrate it is function which separates the ICON from the everyday. The ICON is, maybe a museum, a thermal spa, a winery. Any decent architect would have to go out of ones way to spoil such a commission; enigmatic and windowless, flooded with dimly lit pools, an interpretation of agricultural idioms as a solitaire amid rolling vinyards. Designers of the useful and everyday must understand those functions, and stop shuffling the windows around and introducing arbitrary angles and height variations. The images are extraordinarily insightful.

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Oct 18, 2012

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