LANDING SITE - STRATFORD

by Aaron Spiers-Reed

The project began with the invention of a Second Body which is a mechanical zombie programmed by the architects Arakawa and Gins. Driven by concepts in their Reversible Destiny Manifesto, the project was driven by a narrative in which the mechanical zombie is a mutualistic architectural parasite who searches for a suitable Landing Site in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The zombie gathers information on kinaesthetic and tactile perceptions that already exist. Landing on the new proposal for University College of London Building, it factors this information into its alterations of the ongoing construction. The result is an ever-changing building for a theatre and design-build school, with non-standard spatial scenarios to house active and dynamic learning spaces.