Mortensen photographed Gurgaon and eight other rapidly expanding cities for his series In Search of Habitat, recently published as a photo book.
Gurgaon is a striking symbol of India’s rapid, often chaotic, growth. “Gurgaon embodies all the aspirations of India’s urbanization,” says Danish photographer and architect Lars Mortensen. “At the same time, [it] explicitly reveals the thin, crackling façade and the monumental problems—both social and environmental—urban India has to deal with.”