Breathing Spaces

Architecture student and photographer Andrew Sunggono delights in portraying little scenes of human interaction within the folds of the big city

Interview by Patrick Kasingsing

Cirebon, 2018

Andrew Sunggono

Architecture has always been associated with composition: of how spaces interconnect with one another, of how elements are ordered and located, and of balancing these various factors into one cohesive architectural whole. I have always been fascinated in this aspect of the profession, where you get to orchestrate how people see, feel, or experience the harmony of a space, allowing you to play with proportion, balance and emphasis.

Bandung, 2017

Andrew Sunggono

“A well-designed urban space has the ability to shelter and encourage social interaction; it is a space that makes today’s very mobile citizens pause, reflect and interact.”

This attraction to composing led me to start taking architectural photography, where I learned to shoot spaces in various angles and framings to get better results. In this genre, I’ve discovered that architecture often ends up giving the starring role to human activity; the interaction of people within spaces bring both the architecture and the images to life. Personally, this is something that I aim to capture with my photography.

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