OMC: At the moment, no. LC: Hm…ok…
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Breakdown of Transportation Stations: 1. Breathable aluminum mesh, 2. Nursery spaces 3. Underground storage spaces 4. Structural frames
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Joseph Becker: You should just say yes to that.. I mean I think there are many questions that come up when we start to imagine an entire new infrastructure for the city of Los Angeles. Questions like how does this cargo system function? Same with access to these new platforms, how does it integrate with the existing grid? And what is the reality of actually unloading for one day enough turf capable of handling 100 people to play tennis on? OMC: Well, there would actually be several strategies for making the space…it wouldn’t just be the furniture or unrolling the turf it would also include many sports programs or surface programs that could be painted on and left there for future use or to left to fade eventually. Nicholas de Monchaux: To me, Oriana, the project seems to be caught between being either too much or not enough. Which is to say that the idea of like, an occupy freeway, in the context of this atmosphere of seeing public spaces be contested again in a way that it hasn’t been in several decades in American history. And, the notion of occupying the freeways is a very powerful one and enormously contested. What I like about the project is that it relates to… it was only 100 years ago that, for instance, jaywalking was invented as a crime. The streets had previously been public spaces and cars were unwelcome. The car companies were most of the people debating to get the occupation of streets by anything besides cars to be considered a crime, which was in itself a crime. And, the sort of notion that one