"THE ACTIVITY OF CREATIVE THIINKING PERSONIFIED" - IMAGING - The singular nature of bringing light to the dark in the realm of nothingness -
FOULCAULT'S PANOPTICON AS A METAPHOR FOR SOCIETY IS NOW DEFUNCT IN THE NEW DIGITAL PARADIGM - METRO-STATION SITE - LAKE AVENUE @ THE 210 FWY CROSSING - PASADENA, CALIFORNIA - "BUILDING DESINGED AS THE WATCHER" - THE WATCHERS CAN NOW BECOME THE WATCHED - THE SEEN CAN BECOME SEEN - CITY CULTURAL CENTER AND GATEWAY ICON PROJECT
THE SITE AS A VIEW INTO THE AND OUT OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES THAT REPRESENT LIFE - FAITH - WORK - LOVE - RICH - POOR - AND OPEN ACCESS PAVILION WITH POP-UP CULTURAL EVENTS AND UNDIRECTED UNPROGRAMMED CIVIC ACTIVITY - NOTHINGNESS IS ALL THE RAGE WHILST THE BUSY DRONE OF GEARS MOVE ALONG LINES OF CHAOS
THE BUILT FORM IS ESTABLISHED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF LIGHTWEIGHT RIBS COVERED IN A TRANSPARENT ETFE (ethylene tetrafluoroethylene) SKIN - THOSE WHO WATCHING ARE NOW THE WATCHED AS THE "EYES" OF THE STRUCTURE FRAME VIEWS OF URBAN ACTITITY FROM WITHIN WHILE AREAS WITHIN ARE SEEN BUT ARE VEILED FROM VIEW
THE WATCHFUL "EYES" OF THE STRUCTURE ARE MADE OF EXTRUDED FINS - FOCUSED UPON DAILY OPERATIONS OF THE URBAN ENVIRIONMENT - THE ICON TOWER PROVIDES A MARKER FOR THE CITY AND ACCESSES THE METRO STATION BELOW VIA ESCALATORS WHICH LEAD TO AN FROM THE MAIN LEVEL OF THE STRUCTURE AS IT HOVERS OVER LAKE STREET FORMING A GATEWAY AND A CONNECTION THAT TRANSCENDS THE DEMISE BETWEEN THE SOUTH AND NORTH SEGMENTS OF THE CITY
PERSONA STRUCTURES
" THE REBEL "
