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16 November 2017

PARIS XVII

by photographer Pino Musi

"Non sono un fotografo “d’architettura”, intesa come “genere”. Io fotografo l’architettura mettendo in relazione un insieme di segni in uno spazio, come in una partitura musicale, nella maniera più essenziale possibile e componendo le immagini per contrappunti, assonanze e dissonanze. Uso il bianco/nero in modo scarno, evitando ogni tentazione di decorativismo. Sono sensibile al lavoro di architetti che lavorano con lo stesso metodo, con la stessa capacità di sintesi, come LAN."

Pino Musi, about the series Paris XVII, October 2017

© Pino Musi

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Paris XVII - 40 housing units is a tribute to Paris, to the 19th century architecture, to the Haussmann building. The project explores the notions of density and flexibility. The architectural type of the Haussmann building. The volume is a perfect extrusion of the triangular parcel which fully exploits all the plot’s spatial possibilities. Through its flexibility, the project introduces the notion that by emptying an architecture of its program, a building generates potential that will accompany the evolutions in urban development and allow it to respond more readily to changes in use.