Casablanca Chandigarh 2013
Photographs by Yto Barrada and Takashi Homma
Yto Barrada. Satellite dishes, plaster mouldings, bricks, and a mosque—elements by which inhabitants have transformed the Nid d’abeilles housing block in the cité verticale at Carrières centrales into a new environment attuned to their needs and aspirations. From the series Reprendre Casa. Casablanca, August 2013
Yto Barrada. Satellite dishes, plaster mouldings, bricks, and a mosque—elements by which inhabitants have transformed the Nid d’abeilles housing block in the cité verticale at Carrières centrales into a new environment attuned to their needs and aspirations. From the series Reprendre Casa. Casablanca, August 2013.
Yto Barrada. Satellite dishes, plaster mouldings, bricks, and a mosque—elements by which inhabitants have transformed the Nid d’abeilles housing block in the cité verticale at Carrières centrales into a new environment attuned to their needs and aspirations. From the series Reprendre Casa. Casablanca, August 2013.
Yto Barrada. Satellite dishes, plaster mouldings, bricks, and a mosque—elements by which inhabitants have transformed the Nid d’abeilles housing block in the cité verticale at Carrières centrales into a new environment attuned to their needs and aspirations. From the series Reprendre Casa. Casablanca, August 2013
Yto Barrada. Satellite dishes, plaster mouldings, bricks, and a mosque—elements by which inhabitants have transformed the Nid d’abeilles housing block in the cité verticale at Carrières centrales into a new environment attuned to their needs and aspirations. From the series Reprendre Casa. Casablanca, August 2013
Yto Barrada. Satellite dishes, plaster mouldings, bricks, and a mosque—elements by which inhabitants have transformed the Nid d’abeilles housing block in the cité verticale at Carrières centrales into a new environment attuned to their needs and aspirations. From the series Reprendre Casa. Casablanca, August 2013
Yto Barrada. Lightweight constructions added to complement and mediate the hard architecture of the extended cité horizontale in the Carrières centrales neighbourhood. From the series Reprendre Casa. Casablanca, August 2013
Yto Barrada. Lightweight constructions added to complement and mediate the hard architecture of the extended cité horizontale in the Carrières centrales neighbourhood. From the series Reprendre Casa. Casablanca, August 2013
Yto Barrada. Lightweight constructions added to complement and mediate the hard architecture of the extended cité horizontale in the Carrières centrales neighbourhood. From the series Reprendre Casa. Casablanca, August 2013
Yto Barrada. Lightweight constructions added to complement and mediate the hard architecture of the extended cité horizontale in the Carrières centrales neighbourhood. From the series Reprendre Casa. Casablanca, August 2013
Yto Barrada. Lightweight constructions added to complement and mediate the hard architecture of the extended cité horizontale in the Carrières centrales neighbourhood. From the series Reprendre Casa. Casablanca, August 2013
Yto Barrada. Lightweight constructions added to complement and mediate the hard architecture of the extended cité horizontale in the Carrières centrales neighbourhood. From the series Reprendre Casa. Casablanca, August 2013
Yto Barrada. Plants and flowers recalling the inhabitants’ previous rural surroundings cultivated in the planned green areas of the cité verticale at Carrières centrales. From the series Reprendre Casa. Casablanca, August 2013
Yto Barrada. Plants and flowers recalling the inhabitants’ previous rural surroundings cultivated in the planned green areas of the cité verticale at Carrières centrales. From the series Reprendre Casa. Casablanca, August 2013
Yto Barrada. Plants and flowers recalling the inhabitants’ previous rural surroundings cultivated in the planned green areas of the cité verticale at Carrières centrales. From the series Reprendre Casa. Casablanca, August 2013
Yto Barrada. Plants and flowers recalling the inhabitants’ previous rural surroundings cultivated in the planned green areas of the cité verticale at Carrières centrales. From the series Reprendre Casa. Casablanca, August 2013
Yto Barrada. Plants and flowers recalling the inhabitants’ previous rural surroundings cultivated in the planned green areas of the cité verticale at Carrières centrales. From the series Reprendre Casa. Casablanca, August 2013
Yto Barrada. Plants and flowers recalling the inhabitants’ previous rural surroundings cultivated in the planned green areas of the cité verticale at Carrières centrales. From the series Reprendre Casa. Casablanca, August 2013
Yto Barrada. Plants and flowers recalling the inhabitants’ previous rural surroundings cultivated in the planned green areas of the cité verticale at Carrières centrales. From the series Reprendre Casa. Casablanca, August 2013
Yto Barrada. Several layers of concrete floors as well as decoration superimposed on the low-rise housing of the cité horizontale at Carrières centrales, turning it into a dense urban fabric. From the series Reprendre Casa. Casablanca, August 2013
Yto Barrada. Several layers of concrete floors as well as decoration superimposed on the low-rise housing of the cité horizontale at Carrières centrales, turning it into a dense urban fabric. From the series Reprendre Casa. Casablanca, August 2013
Yto Barrada. Several layers of concrete floors as well as decoration superimposed on the low-rise housing of the cité horizontale at Carrières centrales, turning it into a dense urban fabric. From the series Reprendre Casa. Casablanca, August 2013
Yto Barrada. Several layers of concrete floors as well as decoration superimposed on the low-rise housing of the cité horizontale at Carrières centrales, turning it into a dense urban fabric. From the series Reprendre Casa. Casablanca, August 2013
Yto Barrada. Several layers of concrete floors as well as decoration superimposed on the low-rise housing of the cité horizontale at Carrières centrales, turning it into a dense urban fabric. From the series Reprendre Casa. Casablanca, August 2013
Yto Barrada. Several layers of concrete floors as well as decoration superimposed on the low-rise housing of the cité horizontale at Carrières centrales, turning it into a dense urban fabric. From the series Reprendre Casa. Casablanca, August 2013
Yto Barrada. Everyday appropriation of the collective spaces of the Sémiramis and Nid d’abeilles buildings in the Carrières centrales neighbourhood. From the series Reprendre Casa. Casablanca, August 2013
Yto Barrada. Everyday appropriation of the collective spaces of the Sémiramis and Nid d’abeilles buildings in the Carrières centrales neighbourhood. From the series Reprendre Casa. Casablanca, August 2013
Yto Barrada. Everyday appropriation of the collective spaces of the Sémiramis and Nid d’abeilles buildings in the Carrières centrales neighbourhood. From the series Reprendre Casa. Casablanca, August 2013
Yto Barrada. Everyday appropriation of the collective spaces of the Sémiramis and Nid d’abeilles buildings in the Carrières centrales neighbourhood. From the series Reprendre Casa. Casablanca, August 2013
Yto Barrada. Everyday appropriation of the collective spaces of the Sémiramis and Nid d’abeilles buildings in the Carrières centrales neighbourhood. From the series Reprendre Casa. Casablanca, August 2013
Yto Barrada. Everyday appropriation of the collective spaces of the Sémiramis and Nid d’abeilles buildings in the Carrières centrales neighbourhood. From the series Reprendre Casa. Casablanca, August 2013
Takashi Homma. On the outskirts of Chandigarh, March 2013
Takashi Homma. On the outskirts of Chandigarh, March 2013
Takashi Homma. Covered stall, Sector 22, Chandigarh, March 2013
Takashi Homma. Street market with shop-cum-flats in the background, Sector 22, Chandigarh, March 2013
Takashi Homma, photographer. Central Bus Station, Sector 17, Chandigarh, March 2013. Pierre Jeanneret, architect
Takashi Homma, photographer. Central Bus Station, Sector 17, Chandigarh, March 2013. Pierre Jeanneret, architect
Takashi Homma, photographer. Central Bus Station, Sector 17, Chandigarh, March 2013. Pierre Jeanneret, architect
Takashi Homma, photographer. Pierre Jeanneret’s home (Type 4-J), Sector 5, Chandigarh, March 2013. Pierre Jeanneret, architect
Takashi Homma, photographer. Pierre Jeanneret’s home (Type 4-J). Sector 5, Chandigarh, March 2013. Pierre Jeanneret, architect
Takashi Homma, photographer. Pierre Jeanneret’s home (Type 4-J), Sector 5, Chandigarh, March 2013. Pierre Jeanneret, architect
Takashi Homma, photographer. Pierre Jeanneret’s home (Type 4-J), Sector 5, Chandigarh, March 2013. Pierre Jeanneret, architect
Takashi Homma, photographer. Pierre Jeanneret’s home (Type 4-J), Sector 5, Chandigarh, March 2013. Pierre Jeanneret, architect
Takashi Homma, photographer. Pierre Jeanneret’s home (Type 4-J), Sector 5, Chandigarh, March 2013. Pierre Jeanneret, architect
Takashi Homma, photographer. Pierre Jeanneret’s home (Type 4-J), Sector 5, Chandigarh, March 2013. Pierre Jeanneret, architect
Takashi Homma, photographer. Pierre Jeanneret’s home (Type 4-J), Sector 5, Chandigarh, March 2013. Pierre Jeanneret, architect
Takashi Homma, photographer. House Type 9-FB, Sector 22, Chandigarh, March 2013. E. Maxwell Fry, architect
Takashi Homma, photographer. House Type 9-FB, Sector 22, Chandigarh, March 2013. E. Maxwell Fry, architect
Takashi Homma, photographer. House Type 13-J (double storey), Sector 19, Chandigarh, March 2013. Pierre Jeanneret, architect
Takashi Homma, photographer. House Type 13-J (double storey), Sector 19, Chandigarh, March 2013. Pierre Jeanneret, architect
Takashi Homma, photographer. Open space behind House Type 13-J, Sector 19, Chandigarh, March 2013. Pierre Jeanneret, architect
Takashi Homma, photographer. Nursery School III, Sector 23, Chandigarh, March 2013. Pierre Jeanneret, architect
Takashi Homma, photographer. Nursery School III, Sector 23, Chandigarh, March 2013. Pierre Jeanneret, architect
Takashi Homma, photographer. Nursery School II, Sector 16, Chandigarh, March 2013. Pierre Jeanneret, architect
Takashi Homma, photographer. Nursery School II, Sector 16, Chandigarh, March 2013. Pierre Jeanneret, architect
Takashi Homma, photographer. The main staircase and the reading room of the University Library, Punjab University campus, Sector 14, Chandigarh, March 2013. Pierre Jeanneret, architect
Takashi Homma, photographer. The main staircase and the reading room of the University Library, Punjab University campus, Sector 14, Chandigarh, March 2013. Pierre Jeanneret, architect
Takashi Homma, photographer. The main staircase and the reading room of the University Library, Punjab University campus, Sector 14, Chandigarh, March 2013. Pierre Jeanneret, architect
Takashi Homma. The ramp tower of the new building in the Chandigarh General Hospital Complex, Sector 16, Chandigarh, March 2013
Takashi Homma, photographer. Along the ramp in the Secratariat, Chandigarh, March 2013. Le Corbusier, architect
Takashi Homma, photographer. The coloured piers marking the ceremonial entrance to the High Court, part of the Capitol complex, Chandigarh, March 2013. Le Corbusier, architect
Takashi Homma, photographer. The coloured piers marking the ceremonial entrance to the High Court, part of the Capitol complex, Chandigarh, March 2013. Le Corbusier, architect
Takashi Homma, photographer. Vaulted ceiling, sprayed with cement, of the ceremonial entrance of the High Court with a view toward the Palace of the General Assembly, Chandigarh, March 2013. Le Corbusier, architect
Takashi Homma, photographer. Vaulted ceiling, sprayed with cement, of the ceremonial entrance of the High Court with a view toward the Palace of the General Assembly, Chandigarh, March 2013. Le Corbusier, architect
Takashi Homma. View of the Capitol Esplanade and the High Court building from the Secretariat, Chandigarh, March 2013
Takashi Homma. Parasol construction with a framed window on the roof terrace of the Secretariat, Chandigarh, March 2013
We commissioned Yto Barrada Takashi Homma to take these photographs in Casablanca and Chandigarh. They were part of an exhibition and publication project we carried out in 2013 on modern urban planning and architecture in the two cities.
