These Intricate Illustrations Portray the Details of Fantastical Cities

In the first installment of her series, “Cities and Memory - the Architecture and the City," architect Marta Vilarinho de Freitas created a set of intricately rendered architectural fantasy worlds that straddled the line between realism and abstraction.

Now Vilarinho de Freitas has returned with an additional 7 illustrations, this time experimenting with planimetrics and new cityscape scenes.

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In her drawings, she explores the relationship between detail and perception of the city, where negative space becomes as important to an architectural element’s presence and what is drawn.

© Marta Vilarinho de Freitas
© Marta Vilarinho de Freitas
© Marta Vilarinho de Freitas
© Marta Vilarinho de Freitas
© Marta Vilarinho de Freitas
© Marta Vilarinho de Freitas

Check out Vilarinho de Freitas’ first set of illustrations, here, and visit her facebook page to see more of her work.

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Cite: Patrick Lynch. "These Intricate Illustrations Portray the Details of Fantastical Cities" 06 Jan 2017. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/803073/these-intricate-illustrations-portray-the-details-of-fantastical-cities> ISSN 0719-8884

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