CONCEPT

Transparency:

-       One of the pleasant qualities of the site as it stands is the ability to see through the block. I want to maintain this feeling.

 

Voyeurism:

-       An important part of art is the ‘other’ - the person who will experience, view, or use what you create.  Tacheles is about people coming and experiencing art.  The site should be a work of art.

 

Public space:

-       Public space in the area is really semi-public.  People hang out in restaurants and bars.  Courtyards are hidden or uninviting.  I want people to walk through the space and perhaps stay for a while.

 

Temporality:

One thing that makes Berlin unique is the feeling of temporality you experience from walking through the city.  It is a city of constant change.  Restaurants and bars constantly change location.  Buildings are renovated, refurbished, and re-clad.  “Berlin is clumsily unfinished.[1]”  To fight this is unnecessary.  Instead it should be embraced.  My goal is to create something that is designed and built but has a feeling of temporality, a essence of being unfinished.

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