"…Repressed memory, rejection, absence of control have produced a system of empty spaces (the sea of the archipelago)…today’s city contains nomadic spaces (voids) and sedentary spaces (solids) that exist side by side in a delicate balance of reciprocal exchange…"(p23. Careri, 2002)
You can see from the mapping exercise we carried out that there is a lot of 'void' space in the site. In this case, we defined void as being devoid of occupation. So it includes derelict buildings as much as brownfield sites.
There is a lack of community leading to a sense of anxiety and alienation when within the site: It is a Eutopia (literally "no place").
This could provide a nice link to J.G. Ballard's Concrete Island, which I will post about shortly.
I think this map could start to form the backbone of our master plan. It would be useful to look at the economics of occupying these sites peacefully over time. Perhaps the illegal occupation of the complete voids (open space where camping can take place) could then attract attention to the site and thus encourage philanthropic investment to the cause.(the occupy LHX protest has made £5000 in the first couple of days) This could then allow the occupiers to legally occupy the voids which are more habitable but unused. They could pay the lets as the occupation evolves.
ReplyDeleteYes. I almost see this not so much as a master plan but a series of different phases of occupation. I wonder if we could challenge the brief on this by not producing a conventional plan. Maybe it could be more of a diagram that shows a long term strategy. We could identify a few simple zones, but it will be hard to do a proper master plan for something that isn't planned (at least no in the physical sense). Is there such thing as a master non-plan?!
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