Similar to how I assume many photographers, filmmakers and artists do, I fabricate images out of scenes as I’m in them. Like a form of daydream, debating on the angles I would take and the crops I would make. When I moved to Toronto earlier this fall I was continuously captivated by the city and the flip book of images that it provoked in my mind. What I noticed most was that I was surrounded by many diverse forms of structures, and Architextures is a series of images that focus on the unique and varying qualities of buildings that can be rarely recognized through ordinary observation.

 

        Architecture has been described as a social art as well as an artful science. It is about combining design with science to create buildings or structures that possess and provide durability, utility and beauty. This is why the final product is most often appreciated as a whole, but I wanted to take this appreciation to a macro-level. After an architect has employed and considered all the requirements of a successful structure, such as the creative manipulation and coordination of materials, technology and of light and shadow, an array of patterns and textures arise. These designs paired with the city and certain angles have a way of collaging elements such as reflection, repetition, shape, colour, and line into abstract compositions. Architextures was made to showcase the remarkable dynamic between the city and it’s contents, and the many forms of art architecture can take when viewed from a new perspective.