Deconstructed Maps by Armelle Caron

Montpellier-based artist Armelle Caron deconstructed several city maps, rearranging the blocks by shape and size and organizing the pieces into tidy rows, in a bizarre reinterpretation of the notion of the “city grid.”

Above, a deconstructed map of the artist’s hometown of Montpellier. Below, the original map:

Below, Paris, with its many triangular blocks:

Below, New York City, containing mostly rectilinear blocks:

Via Magical Urbanism.