Reactivating the BARBICAN
PART 1. exploring space
SITE ANALISIS LONDON BOROUGHS
BARBICAN ESTATE
THE CITY OF LONDON
TRAFFIC SYSTEM
Upper deck Lower deck (Lake side) Tunnel ( CIty road) Underground Station Bus station
LAND USE
Dwelling houses Art area Commercial area HIstoric site Education
YELLOW LINE
YELLOW LINE PATH
YELLOW LINE
ARCHITECTURE TOUR
ARCHITECTURE TOUR PATH
ARCHITECTURE TOUR
EXISTING BARBIACN ARCHITECTURE TOUR
FUTURE BARBICAN ARCHITECTURE TOUR
OPEN SPACE
KEY EVENT: BARBICAN RISES FROM ASHES
Readinng books Classic Character
Reading events Burning ritual
Reading Architecture Historical insight
OPEN TO NEARBY COMMUNITY
Barbican Estate by Chamberlin, Powell and Bon Chamberlin, Powell and Bon's proposal, 1956
OPEN TO MORDEN ART
ST GILL CHURCH, 2018
ST GILL CHURCH, 1940
Barbican Centre, 2018
Henry Wrong surveying the Barbican Centre, 1956
PART 3. a exploration game
GAME MAP
Congratulation. You get a level up and have unpascked 2 new exploration maps. A new adventure is coming , make your choice!
PLAY GROUND Unpack a box you me. Remember, sharing and giving is baribican’s spirit.
Welcome to ‘ Barbican Exploration Game’. I am your tourist guide, Bob. I will give you some clues to find some secret sites in Barbican Estate but outside the Barbican Center. You can either follow the map or find your own path. If you get lost, remember, searching for red components around, you will find me again.
LIVING MUSEUM
The box that are unclaimed will be transported to the burning room of Living Museum, get burnt, turn ruins. Roam around the lake side and find a invisible bookshop hidden in a dark conner. Once you find it, there will be a wall of ‘memory boxes‘, put one personal stuff n that boxes, it will be the price for this tour.
Do you know the history Barbican Estate? Find a seat on the movable seat a misearble guest will tell you in this dark corridor.
BOOKSHOP
CORRIDOR
FROM SITE TO SIGHT
Playground by tunnel
Living Museum on deck
Bookshop under staircase
A START FROM BOOKSHOP
2. Collect a memory box
1. Open a revolving door
TWO SEPERATED ROUTES
4. Sit on a movable bench and listen Barbican stories
3. A delivery system for boxes
LIVES IN LIVING MUSEUM
7. Wander around the collapsible platform
6. Visit the burining room 6. Swimming in the pool
8. Take part in a community workshop
5. Roam on the ground floor of living museum
OBSERVATION IN LIVING MUSEUM
9. Observe Barbican 360 degree
10. Experience ‘high-rise through extendable tower
PART 2. AN REACTIVATING PLAN
STAIRCASE BY LAKESIDE, 2051
STAIRCASE BY LAKESIDE, 2018
BARBICAN, 2018
BARBICAN, 2051
TUNNEL. 2051
TUNNEL. 2018
PART 4. A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY
MOMENT 1. READ stories barbican exploration game
MOMENT 2. READ architecture barbican exploration game
MOMENT 3. READ the city barbican exploration game
MOMENT 4. REturn to URBAN life barbican exploration game