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Mike Taylor
J O: The topic of this article is both complex and compelling in that it attempts to address a very real socio- politico condition through environmental design. If I understand the project correctly, it appears as though the author is drawing upon the dramatic North/South contrast to develop the programmatic & sectional juxtapositions in the
project. And by conflating these various forces into a single project, there is a revelation to be had on the potential for international collaboration and economic growth. This all seems clear. What is less clear to me are the specific architectural mechanisms at work that bring this contrast into focus. For example, in Francois
Roche’s ‘Hybrid Muscle’ project, which is a hi- tech pavilion that is pulled/activated by a water buffalo, Roche does a very good job of using a specific architectural mechanism to interact with a dynamic natural condition. And I believe that this project has the same potential, so I would like to know more about the way the author has combined the hi-tech
capabilities of the South with the farming know-how of the North. This North/South contrast seems to be implied in the form of the project, wherein complex & hi-tech formal geometries are used as the infrastructural substrate for the naturalistic ecological features that are akin to the rural farmland of the region, Southern tech with
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