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OCSF OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE

********** MINUTES FOR PRELIMINARY CONVERSATION BETWEEN MEDIA MOGUL,

ARCHITECT AND HEALTH AND SAFETY ENGINEER REGARDING THE

FABRICATION OF AN ‘IDEAL USER’ FOR SPECULATIVE ARCHITECTURE. WORKING TITLE ‘MICHAEL’.

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LOCATION: RIBA UPPER OFFICES. RM 233.

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04/09/2012

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10:20


MEDIA MOGUL: OK, SO I HOPE WE HAVE ALL BEEN

ABLE TO THINK A BIT ABOUT WHO OUR USER IS, AND THAT BY MAKING THEM TANGIBLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO

THINK CLEARER ABOUT OUR ROLES AND POSSIBILITIES FOR OUTCOMES.

MEDIA MOGUL: OK, SO I HOPE WE HAVE ALL BEEN

ABLE TO THINK A BIT ABOUT WHO OUR USER IS, AND THAT BY MAKING THEM TANGIBLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO

THINK CLEARER ABOUT OUR ROLES AND POSSIBILITIES FOR OUTCOMES.

ARCHITECT: I HAVE HAD DIFFICULTIES IN DOING THIS, BUT I HAVE COME TO SOME CONCLUSIONS.

H&S: I ENJOYED THE PROCESS, AND ALSO CAME TO SOME OUTCOMES.

MEDIA MOGUL: GREAT, WELL, I GUESS LETS HEAR THEM?

H&S: I AM GOING TO START. I PICTURE THE USER.. LET’S SAY HER NAME IS MICHELLE.. OR HIS NAME

IS MICHAEL. I PICKED A GENERIC NAME THAT WOULD REPRESENT A ONE WORLD USER. SO I SEE THE USER BEING AN AVERAGE PERSON THAT IS IN SOME WAY

INVOLVED IN A SMALL ASPECT OF THEIR LIVES IN THE FRINGE ACTIVITY OF WATCHING THINGS FALL DOWN.


ARCHITECT: IS THAT AN ACTIVITY AS SUCH? OR ARE THEY MERELY JUST OBSERVERS.

H&S: NO, EVERYONE WOULD BE AN OBSERVER TO SUCH A CALAMITY. HOWEVER THIS USER TAKES

PERSONAL INTEREST IN DOCUMENTING THE DEMISE OF BUILDINGS. THEY ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY A NORMAL EVERYDAY USER, WITH A DAY JOB, A WIFE OR

HUSBAND, A FAMILY. AND IN THEIR OWN TIME THEY THINK A LOT ABOUT THE STRUCTURAL MAKEUP OF

BUILDINGS AND WHY THEY SIMPLY STAND OR FALL. MEDIA MOGUL: OK, BUT THEIR WORK, IT DOESN’T LEND THEM TO STUDY THIS?

H&S: NO. IMPORTANTLY THEY TAKE IT UPON

THEMSELVES TO LEARN AND UNDERSTAND THIS

PHENOMENON, THUS PERPETUATING A PROCESS THAT SEES THEM EXPLORING THE OCCURRENCE AS AN

INTERESTED LAYMAN, AND ACCESSING A NEW FORM OF ARCHITECTURAL DIRECTION COMES OUT OF IT. ARCHITECT: A SORT OF.. NEO-ENTROPOLIST. H&S: HMM. LIKE A NEW OBSERVER OF ENTROPY. I SUPPOSE SO.


ARCHITECT: I LIKE THE FACT THAT THEY ARE A NORMAL CITIZEN, OR SO THEY SEEM.

H&S: THEY ARE NORMAL, SURELY WE ALL DABBLE IN ACTIVITIES THAT ARE OR COULD BE CONSIDERED FRINGE.

ARCHITECT: EXACTLY. MEDIA MOGUL: IT IS A VALID HYPOTHESIS, BUT

COULD HIS OR HER LACK OF FORMAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE MECHANICS NOT IMPEDE FULL EXPLORATION? H&S: NO FOR HE DOES NOT NEED TO ACTUALLY

UNDERSTAND WHY OR HOW THE PHYSIOLOGICAL EVENTS ARE HAPPENING, BUT MERELY REACT AND POSTULATE

ON THEIR EXISTENCE, OR PROBABLE MANIFESTATION. ARCHITECT: EXACTLY. IT IS ACTUALLY BETTER IF

A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DETAILS ARE NOT KNOWN, SO AS TO ALLOW THE CREATIVE AND POTENTIALLY LEFT FIELD THOUGHT TO BLOSSOM. IT’S REALLY QUITE GOOD.

MEDIA MOGUL: SO THIS.. MICHAEL. WOULD THEY BE

SHOCKED TO SEE FOR EXAMPLE BIG BEN COLLAPSE? OR WOULD THEY EXPECT IT.

H&S: THEY WOULD BE SHOCKED BUT EQUALLY


ENTERTAINED. WE CANNOT PREVENT OURSELVES FROM

BEING ENTERTAINED ANYWAY. BUT HE IS THE KIND OF PERSON WHO WOULD TRAVEL SOME GREAT DISTANCE TO SEE THAT KIND OF THING.

ARCHITECT: IT IS ALMOST GETTING TO THE POINT

WHERE WE ARE CREATING A TOURIST EVENT, A SELF CONTAINED HAPPENING THAT BRINGS IN PEOPLE NOT NORMALLY INTERESTED IN SUCH A SPECTACLE.

MEDIA MOGUL: WE ARE ALMOST BRANDING IT. WE COULD HAVE T-SHIRTS AND SUCH.

H&S: THIS IS VEERING OFF THE REAL THEORETICAL UNDERPINNING REALLY.. THE MEDIATISATION WILL HAPPEN INEVITABLY. BUT THE REAL KEY POINT IS

MICHAEL, AND HOW HE MIGHT EDUCATE US TO SEE THE POTENTIAL, AND THE PITFALLS OF OUR IDEAS. ARCHITECT: THAT IS SPOT ON. WE CAN DO THE T-SHIRTS AND KEYRINGS LATER.

MEDIA MOGUL: THERE WILL BE A TIME AND A PLACE

FOR THAT FOR SURE. SO WE CAN SAY THAT MICHAEL, RATHER THAN MICHELLE, FOR IT IS MORE LIKELY

TO BE A MALE THAT IS INTERESTED IN ALL THINGS CONSTRUCTION.

ARCHITECT: PROBABLY WE CAN DECIDE ON THAT YES.


HE IS THE AVERAGE AGE FOR A MAN OF EMPLOYMENT WITH A FAMILY OF 2.

H&S: SOMETHING AROUND 35 NO OLDER. ARCHITECT: IS THAT THE AVERAGE AGE OF A FATHER? MEDIA MOGUL: IT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT. BESIDES ANY OLDER AND THERE WOULD BE HEALTH IMPLICATIONS

THAT WOULD AFFECT THE ABILITY TO BE USEFUL AS A TEST SUBJECT.

H&S: SO YES, 35 IS GOOD. MEDIA MOGUL: IS THEIR JOB IMPORTANT? I SEE IT AS MERELY A INSIGNIFICANT ATTRIBUTE IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS.

ARCHITECT: YES, THEY ARE JUST AN AVERAGE

WORKER. PROBABLY COLLEGE TO UNIVERSITY EDUCATED BUT NOT ESTEEMED. I THINK SOME AMBIGUITIES

SHOULD EXIST SO THAT WE MAY MOLD HIM INTO WHO WE WANT AND NOT HOLD OURSELVES BACK.

MEDIA MOGUL: BUT WITHOUT THESE CLASSIFICATIONS MAYBE WE MAY AS WELL BE TALKING FICTIONS. ARCHITECT: IT IS ALL FICTION, JUST HELD TOGETHER BY LAYERS OF FACT.


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