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2013年5月7日星期二

to be giving the same consideration to something temporary


The architects ran through questions and complications not addressed in Slimane's original sketches: for example, how to keep the structure from falling down, and how to get people from one floor to the next. Regarding the circulation problem, one of the architects ran through the options: a standard stairway, a spiral stairway ("No," Slimane said at once), or ladders.

"I don't like the ladders," Slimane said. "They create a tension within the space. I'd rather have the stages kept free."

The architects made a push for ladders, while Slimane, hands plunged into the pockets of his leather jacket, considered the maquettes. "It's a lot of constraints," he said. "Is this the right word? 'Constraints'? "

Someone presented another constraint. As currently imagined, the structure would be too heavy and would crush its foundation. One solution was to make it shorter.

"I'm always working with elongation," Slimane said. "It's a principle that's very important to me." After further discussion, he declared, "The height is something I would not like to change. If the staircase is an issue, with the weight, we can do the ladders."

One of the architects reached for the maquette with the spiral staircase.

Another said, "If Hedi's not happy with a spiral staircase, let's let it go."

That maquette was pushed away, like a plate of cold eggs. Still, the constraints kept coming.

"There are issues having to do with weather."

"At the moment, we'd advise that it's better to enclose it."

"You'd need some kind of guardrail or cage."

"We don't want to kill anyone."

The next day, they met again, to look at a new round of maquettes that the architects had stayed up into the night preparing. "This is a first for us," one of them told me. "One of the great pleasures in this business is building for longevity. It's fascinating, to be giving the same consideration to something temporary." I asked him how much the project would cost. He paused and said, "It's costing a lot more than we thought it was going to."

Another architect was talking about what material to use in order to enclose each platform. Half-seriously, he suggested chicken wire.

"What is chicken wire?" Slimane said. Something about hearing him say this, in his French accent, made everyone laugh, gently.yanzic0507.
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