1. The re-use of a historically and socially significant building- Looking at the building as a theatrical tomb.
2. A discussion about the role abandoned and decaying architecture play in a city CBD and their effect on identity loss.
3. An exploration between the disjunction between expected form and expected use.
4. Looking at the social necessity of architecture - and the themes of necessity and pleasure- ideas of uselessness-
5. The disjunctions is: The idea of a Hotel and a narative of a carnival or the metaphor of a circus.
A HOTEL: denotes a mulltiplicity of occupants- the level of twoness in the building the inpersonel yet intimate spaces- this type will allow for absence, followed by bustling presence, followed by absence again. - The fantasy element of a hotel- the short stay- you arent required to act yourself.
A CARNIVAL/ CIRCUS: Something that is innapropriately paired with the hotel. The idea of a social presence being left on the site. (Newspaper articles saying there is a ghost in the flytower- worker at the jean shop too scared to work). The idea of grotesk consumption. That encourages risk taking. danger. stimulates and emotional reponse. (Chris talked about a nightclub?)
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