Charles Twist - Photography

Urban codes

A photographic study of the built environment leads to the study of single buildings, to an analysis of architecture. The Codes of Photography lead to contrasts in colours, textures, forms, illumination, etc. By extending them to the meaning of the objects depicted, to engineering, aesthetics and functions, we trace the divisions in the urban environment.

Architecture is a necessity made into an art form. Man the social animal, Man the political animal has lived in groups since times immemorial. The buildings which house the community are a reflection of it, as much as they are constrained by the technology it possesses. The built environment is necessarily complex, mirroring the divisions in the workforce, the distribution of wealth and the cultural heritage of that group of human beings. There is without doubt an urban code – independently of any photography.

Click here to return to the first gallery: Photographic Codes.

Use of thumbnail
Drag the mouse over the thumbnail image to display the larger image.
Click on the thumbnail image to keep that picture on display.

Materials and aesthetics

Planes and a grid

Glass, concrete and voids

Blue facades, green plants, new walkway

Scales

Comfort and guidance: nave, pews, voice, light

Materials and function

Touching the sky