My understanding of mega is not only that something is big, but that it
appears that way. The galeries lafayette is not mega, it appears mega. The facade of the building
reflects the surrounding skyline while the entry-level is transparent and
glows with light. By viewing other buildings reaching the sky on the exterior glass, galeries lafayette is the
tallest - it merges construction and nature.
The interior atrium is not mega either, based purely on size. It is not an impressive megastructure. But what Jean Nouvel designed is mega because he has created a structure that appears to reach
infinity. When you stand on the ground floor and look down into the atrium, the glass and reflections seem to carry the cone shape downward - here exists the
illusion of infinity.
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the definition of a megastructure that the studio should use is:
- constructed of modular units
- capable of great or even “unlimited” extension
- a structural framework into which smaller structural units (for example, rooms, houses, or small
buildings of other sorts) can be built – or even “plugged-in” or “clipped-on” after having been
prefabricated elsewhere
- a structural framework expected to have a useful life much longer than that of the smaller units which
it might support
"mega" of course, is up to your own definition, however it should imply something very large, at the global scale, or having far reaching consequences.
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