River corridor
The town follows its river through the valley, so the water and the parallel roads form one continuous line that carries the whole poster.
Tabula geographica minimalis · China
31.9006° N / 102.2209° E
A long, narrow town squeezed into a mountain river valley, its streets following the water between steep slopes.





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In pariete



Tabula
Barkam, also written Ma'erkang, is the administrative seat of the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in northwestern Sichuan. It sits at high altitude in a deep valley on the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, and the terrain shapes everything. The town stretches along its river in a thin ribbon, with no room for the broad grids of lowland Chinese cities.
From above you see parallel roads running along the valley floor, bridges joining the two banks and short side streets climbing a little way up the slopes before the mountains take over. Government buildings, schools and housing blocks line up along this corridor. The effect is linear rather than radial: a town you cross from end to end, not one you circle.
A Barkam map poster turns that constraint into a strong composition. The river and its roads draw a single sweeping line across the frame, with wide empty space on both sides where the slopes rise. It is an unusual shape for a wall print, closer to a drawing of a valley than a city plan, and it works well with a carefully chosen crop.
The town follows its river through the valley, so the water and the parallel roads form one continuous line that carries the whole poster.
Short bridges link the two banks at intervals, adding small, regular cross-strokes to the long ribbon of streets on the valley floor.
Steep slopes on both sides leave large areas almost free of streets. In minimalist black and white, that empty space becomes part of the design.
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Cur Barkam
People often reach Barkam after a long mountain drive, whether they live and work in the prefecture or were travelling through western Sichuan. A map of its thin valley plan is a precise reminder of the place where the road opens into town.
The title and subtitle can be rewritten, for example with the spelling Ma'erkang, and the coordinates line can be adjusted. Noir and Blueprint make the river line especially sharp, Paper and Sand soften it, and Classic black & white falls in between.
Eme tabulam Barkam| Magnitudo impressionis | Resolutio | Fasciculi |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm (11.8 × 15.7″) | 3,543 × 4,724 px | PNG · PDF |
| 29.7 × 42 cm (A3, 11.7 × 16.5″) | 3,508 × 4,961 px | PNG · PDF |
| 42 × 59.4 cm (A2, 16.5 × 23.4″) | 4,961 × 7,016 px | PNG · PDF |
| 45.7 × 61 cm (18 × 24″) | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm (19.7 × 27.6″) | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm (24 × 36″) | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
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