DESIGN CHARRETTE OPT.1 (cont) Of particular interest on this site is the “gutted” Tobacco Warehouse; it’s ability to be permeable while at the same time act as a vessel or container. Once inside, the sounds of the city drop away except for traffic along the Brooklyn bridge. This restructuring and framing of the experience of the city is very powerful, and begins to inform my conceptual designs from this point on. In filmmaking, the director takes the real, or perceived “real”, world and modulates, manipulates and macerates this perception into a framed reality. The director (filmmaker) is then the sole agent who can move between both worlds and this role is signified by their location above the boardwalk between the Tobacco Warehouse and the Empire Building.
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