Tuesday 12th of July 2011
One week of work has passed. The studio is working on 2 distinctly different aspects. Matthew Murphy, Lara Gibson and Christin Svensson with help of others (me included) are developing a top down approach where the site is analysed conceptually. This group is looking at connectivity, density and typology. Jet the examples of masterplans of a similar scale and of good housing, schools, libraries etc are ones of world architects. It helps us Europeans understand what is the scale of things but doesn't bring us close to the site and its issues.
The second group chaired mainly by Fran Balaam and Michael Corr has gone down to the site to draw its stones and shrubs, talk to Bedouins and land owners. Experience it and draw those experiences!
None has drawn a section through a site yet! And no one is planning to yet.
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