No building is designed in a vacuum — architects must carefully consider many different factors, like its environment and the buildings and streets that will surround it.
These restrictions fascinate Anton Repponen, a creative director, trained architect, and photographer. In his latest personal project, entitled "Misplaced", Repponen turned those deciding factors on their head, asking questions like: "What would the Chrysler Building look like in a mountainous landscape?" and "What about the Metropolitan Opera in a Brazilian desert?"
"I wanted to see how those buildings [would] look [when] you take them out from their original locations," he told Business Insider. "Would they still work? Would it look good, or make no sense? Would they actually be even more beautiful outside their environment?"
Ahead, 10 gorgeous photos of frequented New York City buildings dropped in completely bizarre locations.
The inconsistency in New York City's architecture is what fascinates Repponen the most. "You have old and new mashed together without much rules," he said. "That's what's interesting to observe, and what makes New York somewhat beautiful, but not 'classic' beautiful like Rome, for example."
The images of both the buildings and the landscapes are all captured by Repponen.
"When I decided to proceed with this project, I spent a week going through my 10 years' [worth of photos] to select some of the locations I thought would work," he said.
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