Final Folie Design

Final Folie Design

In many ways technological advancement in the 21st century has meant positive change the world over but with this radical change to lifestyle there are certain values of our past that will be left behind if we don't allow ourselves to become aware of them and consciously try to uphold them. 

One such value is the act of gathering. Since the days of the caveman when people would gather around the fire, through to modern times this act has had a positive presence in our day-to-day lives. however, the ease at which information can now be exchanged digitally has put this ritual in danger. 

With the unique location of the Howard Street Wharves we saw an opportunity to subvert the threat of technology. As the site is central to several distinct communities. the folie built at the centre point is intended to become a place of gathering that one and all of these communities can use at any given time. 

Through this gathering space we intend to create a place of passive learning. When two or more people gather, naturally a conversation will begin. from conversation comes debate, from debate comes new insights and thus the act of learning takes place. 

The form of the primitive gathering node symbolises the pre historic nature of the function within. It acts as a reminder that i may disappear like other things that existed in that pre historic era. The use of artificial light is employed to replicated fire; a traditional gathering point. 

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