Landmark(ed)

On the outskirts of Wien, Dominique Perrault's tower dominates a landscape that is a public space widely used and socially inhabited as the photographs by Simone Bossi reveal.

On the outskirts of the city where Vienna meets the river, the scale of the architecture changes drastically, the transport infrastructure makes an indelible mark on the space and distances rapidly dilate.

Donaustadt, the city on the Danube, is a vast area; it was conceived as a multifunctional centre at the end of the last century and also put forward as an Expo site though without success.

It is an area that stretches out over miles where now the verticality of the architecture forms a counterpoint. At 220 high, the first of the two DC Towers has been recently completed; part of a design by Dominique Perrault, it forms an uncompromising and unmistakable landmark that captures the gaze of all in this area of the city and beyond.

However, behind the essentially tertiary character of this area is hidden a public space that is widely used and socially inhabited.

This photographic project aims to use the tower as the focal point in an analysis of a territory that reveals situations and activities that from now on will be marked by this constant presence: a clear sign that is already rooted in the shared imagination of the inhabitants.

Simone Bossi, Landmark(ed), The verticality of the tower contrasts with the horizontality of the transport infrastructure along which the vehicular traffic runs, the metropolitan railway, cycle path and pedestrian walkways. Tourists coming to visit the area della area

Simone Bossi, Landmark(ed), Some of the activities developed along the river appear less evident in relation to the tower. The human-tower relationship

Simone Bossi, Landmark(ed), The tower captures the attention of passers-by. IThe tower-human-infrastructure relationship

Simone Bossi, Landmark(ed), Old recreational activities along the river, some active other abandoned over time

Simone Bossi, Landmark(ed), The tower-human-infrastructure relationship. The tower-human relationship

Simone Bossi, Landmark(ed), At warmer times the green areas are used by locals and for sports

Simone Bossi, Landmark(ed), "Empty" spaces around the tower. Old forgotten recreational activities

Simone Bossi, Landmark(ed), Returning to the city, the tower is always present. The tower in relation to nearby buildings

Simone Bossi, Landmark(ed), The tower and the landscape

Simone Bossi (1985) is an architect and self-taught photographer, graduating in Architecture from Milan Polytechnic in 2011. As well as working as an architect, he explores space with photography through commissions and his own research. His work has been published in a number of national and international architecture magazines.

Landmark(ed)

On the outskirts of Wien, Dominique Perrault's tower dominates a landscape that is a public space widely used and socially inhabited as the photographs by Simone Bossi reveal.

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