The Measure of the West: A Representation of Travel (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780773555259)

In 1984, Giovanni Chiaramonte photographed ﾁlvaro Siza's building in Berlin, on whose fa軋de some young people had written Bonjour Tristesse. The image was published on the cover of the magazine Lotus International. The following year, Siza and Chiaramonte met in ﾉvora, on the occasion of a new series by the Italian photographer featuring the buildings of the great Portuguese architect. It marked the beginning of a long friendship and a shared reflection on architecture, photography, and urban life. The Measure of the West presents a selection of sixty drawings by Siza and forty photographs taken by Chiaramonte in cities around the world. They make up two parallel routes that lead to the discovery of the shape of the modern city - always hanging in the balance between proportion, in which civilization can develop, and disproportion, in which civilization can go astray. Although animated by different intentions, these sketches and photographs appear as coherent traces of the same design, guided by the same desire to see, discover, understand, and learn. The differences between the black and white strokes of the drawings and the colour of the photographs disappear. Short texts, including thoughts on architecture, photography, drawing, representation, and nature, enrich a "poem of change" taking place in an era of globalization.

Author: ﾁlvaro Siza, Giovanni Chiaramonte
ISBN-10: 0773555250
ISBN-13: 9780773555259
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/21/2018
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
Weight: 3.35lbs
Size: 12.50h x 9.30w x 0.70d