The Scale of the City

This film is an archeological catalog of urban scales and social activity, referenced by the day and time on which the clips were captured to record natural lighting conditions. A voiceover reads an excerpt from Georges Perrec’s Species of Space and Other Pieces. Together, the clips reveal the city as a collection of interconnected spaces, materials, and human occupation.

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The Scale of the City
United States, 2024
Thomas Forget

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Thomas Forget, “The Scale of the City”, TRANSFER Global Architecture Platform, March 2024. Accessed 22 May 2026.

https://www.transfer-arch.com/video-award/the-scale-of-the-city/

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Thomas Forget

Thomas Forget is the Associate Director and an Associate Professor at the David R. Ravin School of Architecture at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and is the founder of Ciotat Studio, an interdisciplinary design practice based in New York City. His teaching involves design studios and research seminars that address the relationship between architecture and media. His practice covers a range of scales, including urban design, building design, multimedia installations, and video production. His publications include a book, The Construction of Drawings and Movies (Routledge, 2013), a journal article on the computing and information technology of mass transportation, and book chapters and reviews on a range of topics relating to media and the city.