RUINS OF DETROIT

YVES MARCHAND

et

ROMAINE MEFFRE

When a building is abandoned, in some way it’s escaping from us,from our human context. It's like it’s slipping into another reality. We try to depict that.Ruins and buildings are really good metaphors for human nature,for our ability to create and destroy. A fading and rotting building reminds you how fluctuating and ephemeral things are. Ruins are a kind of humanisation of architecture. Their fragility brings them closer to us. They turn structures that can be perceived as inanimate and cold into something really moving.