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Day 35

Second Home Holland Park / Selgascano

Hello, maniacs,
go get some sleep. 

Today's project was supposed to be an interior design project, in which I was supposed to study the principles the architects followed to renovate an old building. but no that is not how the research process works doesn't it.  

Let's me tell why I'm writing this at 4 am

The picture down belongs to a renovated workstation project that belongs to Second-home company, a company that provides studio and office spaces for creatives and entrepreneurs. 

The plot twist is this site held different creative events through history, A photographer studio in 1960, a filming studio in 1966, an architect office in 1980, and a co-work place in 2017. This timetable made me think of Aldo Rossi's definition of what is permanent? as he claims that certain sites and their buildings create a "locus" that is unique in the city and should be recognized as such. So the question that popped in my mind is that as this building always held in creative spaces does it make it permanent? 
Well, It's 4 am I can't figure the answer :')



So you thought I stopped here, NO, I wanted to see the building old situation, which pushed me to watch Michelangelo's Blow up a movie that was shot here. After watching the movie my perspective changed. At first, I really thought that this renovation was good but now I think It looks as if Sully from Monster threw up in the space. 


A message for future me: you start bullying architects at 4 am, be careful. 

References: 
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