Photographic intuition a priori

Italian architect Daniele Menichini shares his notes on his travels to Stuttgart, Germany. Taking notes in visual form, he uses an iPhone rather than a notebook to record the buildings he has seen.
He focuses on Stuttgart municipal library, designed by Yi Architects, the studio run by South Korean architect Eun Young Yi.
Daniele Menichini, observing the building with an architect’s trained eye, captures the atmosphere of this space dedicated to books which, inspired by M. C. Escher, contains an upside-down pyramid with staircases and walkways cutting across one another.
An architect photographing the work of other architects reveals a lot about his own way of designing and perceiving space. For those familiar with Daniele Menichini’s works, these photographs demonstrate the existence of photographic intuition a priori: Menichini cuts buildings apart, prepares them for critical analysis, with no need to alter what he sees with Instagram filters or post-production cutting.
These are simple snapshots, like extemporaneous sketches, with a specific content.
The images Daniele Menichini has created of Stuttgart municipal library offer his own very intimate, personal view of the building. His photographic vision reveals his love of clean lines, simple, functional spaces and, last but not least, the eternal architectural fascination of libraries.
 
Christiane Bürklein (@chrisbuerklein)
Daniele Menichini, www.studiomenichini.it