In a city with as rich an urban heritage as Paris, it is easy to forget that this ground is riddled with tracings of its dark, labyrinthine history.
But how would a contemporary view of this semi-forgotten arrangement hold up in an in a metropolis that is currently sterilizing itself for a better marketing edge? How can space respond to an environment that that caters to endless mobs of tourists, obsessed with a city they only know as being printed on postcards & T-shirts?
Or more sinister, what happens when the bulbs within the City of Light begin to fade…
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The New Dance School for the Moulin Rouge is proposed as an artifact of socio-cultural preservation. It is a direct reaction to the boulevardier experience, occupying the existing linear void while reflecting its current surroundings. The proposal disrupts existing circulation patterns in order to isolate a specific, controlled experience, expressing function over form. The exterior obstructs the open flow of the boulevard, pressuring a vertical skyward gaze along its entire length.
The proposal also seeks to be a contemporary reconfiguration of the surrounding site context. The interior program is isolated at various suspended heights within the main chamber space. This creates a segregated pedestrian corridor enveloped by darkness. The contrast provokes sensual exploration and expression amidst an intertwining play of vibrant light and visceral emptiness. The expansion and contraction of clustering patrons exemplifies the varying intensity of performance provided by cabaret acts. These range from large theatrical productions to private performances that leave only hints in the dark.