Brutalist Architecture in Ivry
Brutalist architecture is as the name goes, quite brutal. We visited Ivry near Paris and strangely enough, I enjoyed the visit very much.
Brutalist Architecture in Ivry
When my wife told me we were en route to Ivry Sur Seine for a visit of local brutalist architecture, I thought she was raving mad. To me, 1970 was another word for ugly.
On rare occasions, the old and the new are next to one another.
Most of the time, the entire town centre is made of concrete slabs and sharp buildings at weird angles.
Little did I know that I would enjoy taking pictures so much over there. It’s not ugly at all, it’s even very aesthetic. I took hundreds of pictures. 
Most of the buildings are by Jean Renaudie and Renée Gailhoustet two “brutalist” architects close to the communist party.
We spent hours going from one building to another.
Ivry is a funny place. One minute it’s about brutalist architecture.
The next you stumble upon a mini rose garden on a piece of wasteland and poetry is overwhelming.
A few hundred yards further you feel like you are looking at the leaflet of some modernist architect.
And a couple of streets further you look at puddles and start dreaming about the past, architecture and the beauty of life. No matter what, Ivry is a very interesting place.
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Je suis photographe et aquarelliste. Je pratique la photographie depuis l'enfance et la photographie numérique depuis 1995. J'en ai fait mon activité principale en 2021. Je possède un studio photo dans le 15e arrondissement de Paris
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