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A T L A S  O F  P L A C E S

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Atlas of Places

Thomas Paturet

Atlas of Places is a virtual atlas of architecture, landscape, and urbanism.

We share essays, criticism, photography, maps, design, narrative journalism, as well as academic projects and university publications that deserve a wide audience.

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"In this age of a super-abundance of information, on the Internet, for example, there is a need of formats that can clearly present enormous quantities of information and subsequently make it manageable for indexing systems. The atlas is a good example of such a format. This format makes certain demands on authors and graphic designers. In the first place, the information must to be confirmed for validity and reliability, and be presented in a neutral manner, without applying stylistic methods that interfere with the information. In this type of book, it is the indexing system that is of such great importance. Indexing systems make it possible to reveal the information. In contrast to the linear form of an argument or a narrative, this is an active form that allows the reader to use the information to make his own narrative. In doing this, as a book type, the atlas is an instrumental form: the atlas as a tool.

The Atlas as Tool, Source 05, 2010

Joost Grootens

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