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Bab Bou Jeloud in Fez
Bab Bou Jeloud in FezPhotograph · Bjørn Christian Tørrissen · Source · CC BY-SA 3.0
A city of learning and craft

Fez

Gates, colleges and workshops lead from the scale of a city to a single tile.

Stories of the city

Stories of the city

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Fez: reading a city through its gates

Beyond Bab Bou Jeloud lies a story of neighbourhoods on two riverbanks, brought into a city of learning, exchange and making. Start with a visible threshold, then look for the connections a single photograph cannot contain.

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When a wall becomes a book for the eye

The decoration of the Bou Inania rewards more than a passing glance. Follow plaster, empty space and framing, placing the college within Marinid Fez without inventing a symbolic meaning for every shape.

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Tannery colours and the work behind them

Tannery vats attract the eye from above, yet colour is only one part of a working place. Read the scene through materials and labour, while respecting what a photograph cannot tell us about the people or their conditions.

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