A Suburban Bird's Eye View

Metropolis presents a slideshow of photographs by artist Christoph Gielen, who photographs suburban developments from a helicopter.

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January 16, 2010, 7:00 AM PST

By Nate Berg

The images in the slideshow offer a look at the pattern-heavy designs of suburban housing developments.

"Christoph Gielen has a unique perspective-literally-on the sprawl that has taken over so much of the American built landscape since the 1960s. As someone who has spent a lot of time in helicopters, looking down on the eerily perfect geometries of the nation's suburbs, the German artist knows just how artificial, and unsustainable, these communities really are."

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