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A primer to reading Kilburn Slow Street and the play1:250 between scales 1:500
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1:1 The narrative of an urban explanation/exploration is captured in a set of tiles, from which its motif derived from the history of the place. Not defined by status quo layouts, the project presents a refreshing way of relooking at the understanding of ‘place’, and the meaning of a ‘highstreet’.
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1:2500 a glimpse of the spatial layout of the new highstreet is revealed, devoid of the existing hierarchical layout of building, circulation and nature.
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1:500 1:500 Zooming in, the 1:500 partial layout of the farm zone retains the visual language of the tile,
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1:500 with an increased in subtlety of details, as with the forest zone,
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1:250 Scaling up further, objects and a more intimate setting gradually come to view,
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1:1 | 1:2500 At a 1:1 scale, the tile is shown for its ‘standard’ use - a tactile object laid on a surface, a physical disruption to speed.
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1:1 | 1:2500 However, it can also be regarded as a fragment of the masterplan, a micro urbanism, a hint of jamais vu.
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Within similar scales, the tile disintegrates into objects and device - an intimate human scale.
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As we zoom in further, materiality of the different spaces reveal itself,
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72:1 a partial microsopic tactility of the tile re-emerging as functional steps.
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0:0 With this, I hope you enjoy the project as I take you on a narrative through the different scales of Kilburn slow street.