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Comparison to Early Photomontage
from The Ashen Forest
by Jai Vij
Critical elements of the design proposal stem from initial ideas that were originally irrelevant to the specified dialectic programmes. Initial site observations such as the reduction of facade elements to reveal steel work underneath have carried forward into the developed scheme.
Furthermore, an early observation of the scarcity of green space visible from Parker Drive has resulted in a park on and above the site which invites residents of Parker Drive to interact with, in an otherwise avoided factory half of the road.
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An observation that the site felt like a graveyard has carried forward into the proposal manifesting itself as a crematorium and body recycling centre.