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The wall appeals to many visitors resulting in the “Exodus” of London.

(left)+(top) Rem Koolhaas, Exodus site plan.

“architectural warfare” on London. The entrance, darkly depicted, is through the reception area where the prisoners are stripped naked in order to then be integrated into the new lifestyle. When the prisoners become ill, they are sent to the

Institute of Biological Transactions. Once at the hospital, the sick are placed on a conveyor belt passing through doctor’s pavilions as they are picked off for treatment. If the sickness was incurable, they would again be placed on the belt and sent directly to the cemetery. In the Palaces of Birth, an exact number of people was produced to sustain a consistent population. The last square is a mental institution where patients are provoked to manic behavior.30 95


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