“To me, architecture is all about light and spaces. There's plenty of light here in Japan, but it's filtered through the paper shoji and so on, so you get a really soft light inside. So, you wind up with this trilogy of light, shade, and shadow. You would not find this in many other countries."
Fascinating article Baye, especially on DRC. I wonder if you're familiar with the work of filmmaker Adam Curtis? He makes documentaries tying odd pieces of history together, using footage from the BBC archives. Here's a short article of his about Kinshasa, involving Che Guevara, Diane Fossey and Mobutu Sese Seko: https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/entries/7759d0f2-a3ca-31f8-96df-6b71524f926e
Sometimes, I think that buildings created by humans are as beautiful as mountains and forests made by nature.
Fascinating article Baye, especially on DRC. I wonder if you're familiar with the work of filmmaker Adam Curtis? He makes documentaries tying odd pieces of history together, using footage from the BBC archives. Here's a short article of his about Kinshasa, involving Che Guevara, Diane Fossey and Mobutu Sese Seko: https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/entries/7759d0f2-a3ca-31f8-96df-6b71524f926e