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Epure - Arcades du Cinquantenaire

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About the Artist

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Bruxelles, Belgique, Europe

About the artwork

Laurent Dequick, a professional architect, often showcases buildings and architectural heritage in his photos. Here, he goes further by integrating blueprints of each building, these line drawings that represent all of the proportions of the various dots or lines of a figure. “This is the crux of architecture: between the idea and the construction,” he explains. “It all starts with a line, and from the line form must emerge.” It is the search for the perfect harmony of forms, materials, symbols, and uses.”

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Directed by French architect Charles Girault, the Arcades du Cinquantenaire were built in eight months by 450 workers, who relayed each other night and day.

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