Conversation

Federico Italiano

@FedeItaliano76

Vernacular architecture This time—unlike the other thread I did last year—with particular focus on shapes & composition. (After all, the thing that interests me most as a poet is the construction of forms). A few more here instagram.com/p/CXYn_6CKExJ/ 1. Bedouin tents in Morocco

10

666

3,058

Federico Italiano

@FedeItaliano76

Drawings by Spanish anthropologist, historian & linguist Julio Caro Baroja (1914–1995), from his book 'Estudios saharianos' (1955)

1

14

283

Federico Italiano

@FedeItaliano76

2. The Roofs of Ghadames—an oasis Berber town in the Nalut District of the Tripolitania region in northwestern Libya—also known as 'the pearl of the desert' [Photograph by George Steinmetz]

1

27

394

Federico Italiano

@FedeItaliano76

Located at the junction of ancient Saharan caravan routes, the town was the Roman stronghold Cydamus (whose ruins remain). It was an episcopal see under the Byzantines, and columns of the Christian church still remain in the Sīdī Badrī Mosque britannica.com/place/Ghadamis

4

22

319

Federico Italiano

@FedeItaliano76

3. The fortified granary Ksar Ouled Soltane, located in the district of Tataouine, southern Tunisia. [Yes, that Tataouine, the very Tunisian district where George Lucas shot the scenes depicting Luke Skywalker's planet.]

2

29

406

Federico Italiano

@FedeItaliano76

4. Indian stepwells, also known regionally as 'vav', 'baori', 'baoli', and 'bawadi', are structures that, in the first place, helped harvest water but were also used as subterranean temples and pleasure retreats [Photographs by Edward Burtynsky and Victoria Lautman]

2

47

391

Federico Italiano

@FedeItaliano76

Victoria Lautman's photo essay 'India's Forgotten Stepwells' is excellent: archdaily.com/395363/india-s

3

51

408

Federico Italiano

@FedeItaliano76

5. The fractal geometry of Indian temples: Virupaksha Temple, Dilwara Temples and Kandariya temple dataisnature.com/?p=2138

1

33

366

Federico Italiano

@FedeItaliano76

Sri Meenakshi Amman Temple

4

41

385

Replying to

@FedeItaliano76

Why would you classify Indian temple architecture as vernacular architecture?

1

Federico Italiano

@FedeItaliano76

Replying to

Good question! I am probably wrong...

8:36 PM · Dec 12, 2021Twitter Web App