High density in Faro (4)
Europe, Portugal, Algarve, Faro, Centre, High rise (slightly cut)
Elementary to high-density building construction is, of course, the stacking of houses. The Romans started doing it in the first century with their 'Insulea' (in Ostia Antica. There are still some ruined examples of them).
The multi-story modernist apartment building from a few posts ago is shown here, zoomed in on its yellow complex right part. It is from the end of the 20th with an ornamented/articulated front facade serving two purposes - decoration and shading of the sun (brise soleil - there seems to be a kinda Le Corbusean touch to be enjoyed here).
While editing the picture, I remembered the cover of Perrow’s Complex Organizations. After a long time, the book is still in print, though the cover has been changed many times. The book explores different (visual) metaphors of organizational structure and complexity.
High density in Faro (1) is here. High density in Faro (2) is here. High density in Faro (3) is here.
This is number 27 of the Faro album & 1385 of Minialism / explicit Graphism.
High density in Faro (4)
Europe, Portugal, Algarve, Faro, Centre, High rise (slightly cut)
Elementary to high-density building construction is, of course, the stacking of houses. The Romans started doing it in the first century with their 'Insulea' (in Ostia Antica. There are still some ruined examples of them).
The multi-story modernist apartment building from a few posts ago is shown here, zoomed in on its yellow complex right part. It is from the end of the 20th with an ornamented/articulated front facade serving two purposes - decoration and shading of the sun (brise soleil - there seems to be a kinda Le Corbusean touch to be enjoyed here).
While editing the picture, I remembered the cover of Perrow’s Complex Organizations. After a long time, the book is still in print, though the cover has been changed many times. The book explores different (visual) metaphors of organizational structure and complexity.
High density in Faro (1) is here. High density in Faro (2) is here. High density in Faro (3) is here.
This is number 27 of the Faro album & 1385 of Minialism / explicit Graphism.