Just a quick intro into my Architectural thesis for my final year, on the study of market place typologies and urbanisms. I am looking into the market place and what it provides for the city, its historic evolution and its role in today's cities.
‘From Medievil times well into the nineteenth century, the most important economic and social centre of urban life and a dominant feature of the townscape was the market.’ Schmeichen, M. The British Market Hall.
Being cultural 'melting pots' my investigations are heavily based on the works of Christopher Alexander and Edward Hall. By studying the market, using case study analysis which focuses on the distinction of typologies within the public arena and cultural routines, which are tested using Proxemic Patterns (Hall), I wish to create a strategic model for the market of today and the future - the parametric marketplace.
Seminars start this week and draft is well under way!
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