atom04:'''Manifesto'''
Design manifesto
APPROACH
The site needs special character that overweighs its secondary logistical context
According to the strategic city plans in Delft, there is a need to strengthen the link between the old town and the TU Campus. This is the crucial task for the site. But the site is not situated on the logistical artery, the creation of the link with wide public use has to overcome the problem of secondary location.
There is a need for the site to become more than its location per se promises. The site itself has to start working as a disrupter of the flows. The site has to become an attractor.
The attractor of the site is its public character, the identity will be constant no matter what program the site will host. Allowing dynamically changing functions, the site becomes independent from the market forces. At the same time the character attracts people to the functions.
The character we give to the place will work as urban phenomena. The character of the place has to differ so much that it starts to work as an event beyond its architectural qualities. This can be achieved through time repetition concept, an interactive phenomena that can be seen as an ultimate event. The time repetition, the memory tool, makes the space personalized, but at the same time achieves the difference in kind, a forth dimension is now added to the space. The delight factor in this case is an atmospherical one.
This atmospherical concept is a precondition for the possible program. It will be divided into themes according to the wished program. The atmospheres will make the solution succeed.
SPECIALIZATION
We are dealing with extremely changeable program. We can create the constant indentity even when the program cannot be relied on. It makes the possibilities of development extremely flexible. The is our cure for the changing and unstable world.
PRODUCT
