Each owner chose the color he liked. There was clearly no collective effort to keep any visual consistency. It’s rather a beauty contest.

It’s also super clear which garages are used and which are not. Some of them are neat, others clearly neglected.

I didn’t do any extensive research of the history of this place, but found out that it is somehow connected to Babice Airport that lays nearby and has it’s military past.

Photoshoot

I became inspired by the rich palette of these otherwise identical objects. I was struck by the idea to photograph each of the garage door and use them as large pixels. The idea was to write a computer program that will sort the colors and produce transition.

I visited the place 3 times during a weekend to take photos. Not that it took so much time. I just didn't’ want any harsh shadows on the garage doors, so went there in different times of the day to compare the lighting. I also went to shoot some closeups and details.

In the end I photographed 135 garages, which is not even a half of what’s there. I didn’t want to use garages with wooden doors. Also some metal door garages are positioned in a way that always produces harsh shadows.

Anyways… the easy part was over. Now was the time to write a program.

By the way… I’m not a software developer. I decided to learn Action Script 3 and gained some proficiency literally moments before the technology died. I still use Flash to build some tools for my personal projects.