Surroundings

Cityscapes fascinate. The urban problems, the public space, the deterioration. The lack of space forces architects to design sky-high. I like to roam these surroundings and often use the high buildings as a beacon, for a swift orientation. Just one sighting and I know roughly where I am, not bothering to look at my map. The Eiffel Tower and the Euromast (Rotterdam) are good examples. But there are also lots of churches or radio masts. The height of such a beacon determines its ‘circle of use’. The church is good enough for its neighborhood, the Eiffel Tower, for the entire city. Wandering around, my position to the beacon changes and so too, the beacon itself. However, if the floor plan of a building is more symmetrical, preferably circular, these changes are hardly noticeable. In fact, if you keep your distance to the building constant, its proportion wont change either. It was this relationship which I liked to explore. Maximizing this effect, I added some other conditions. The lack of sunshine helps, hence the lack of shadow, which alters the face of a building, as you walk around it. So I only take pictures on a cloudy day, also to avoid taking pictures into the sun. The