Establishing a Contemporary Identity for the Gulf Region Through Design
Monday, August 8, 2011
The Extraordinary Ordinary - Scaffolding...
Manama, Bahrain (Photo by Paul Brady)
A few photos of building scaffolding (one of my favorite photographic subject matters) from around the Gulf region (and one, for comparisons sake, from London)...
I like these. Just the other day I was driving and pointed out a beautifully scaffolded building with green netting somewhere off the 30. In Kuwait City, on the other hand, there is a building with tattered netting which flies in the wind. It doesn't seem very safe, but the building looks like it's trying to beckon the others with its mesh fingers. Finally, there was a building under construction in Salwa with the most crooked scaffolding you can imagine, very storybook-like. You have inspired me to take my own version of scaffolding! I'll see what I come up with and send you the photos. Hi Tom!
They are fun, aren't they..? And often much more interesting than the buildings behind their veil... I'll probably do a few post of scaffolding in different countries... Hello Ghadah..!
This blog is maintained and predominantly written by Dr. Thomas Modeen, partner of Architects Independent, which he founded with his wife Maysaa Al-Mumin in Kuwait in the Fall of 2008. The practice also has a base, and its origins, in London, where it's known as Independent Architects, which is headed by Paul Brady and Eng Ling Ho. The blog aims to provide a personalized outline of all our practice and discipline related escapades.
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I like these. Just the other day I was driving and pointed out a beautifully scaffolded building with green netting somewhere off the 30. In Kuwait City, on the other hand, there is a building with tattered netting which flies in the wind. It doesn't seem very safe, but the building looks like it's trying to beckon the others with its mesh fingers. Finally, there was a building under construction in Salwa with the most crooked scaffolding you can imagine, very storybook-like. You have inspired me to take my own version of scaffolding! I'll see what I come up with and send you the photos. Hi Tom!
They are fun, aren't they..? And often much more interesting than the buildings behind their veil... I'll probably do a few post of scaffolding in different countries... Hello Ghadah..!
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