A folie is something that becomes an 'Activator of Space' and a place that people pass through, learn something and continue on with this new knowledge.
Parc de la Villette, Bernard Tschumi, 1987
http://www.tschumi.com/projects/3/
The regeneration of an empty site in Paris, by Bernard Tschumi, uses a number of Folie spaces to engage with the user. The park is unusual as it was one the first to design around the 'cultural' elements rather than 'natural'.
K2 Red Telephone Box, Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, 1926
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4016/4670043871_5a07d0bfdc.jpg
The K2 Telephone Box is an example of a simple, somewhat Folie that has become an icon for the landscape it was designed for. They provide the ability to identify your location as they can only be associated with one country.
Our Folie must be one single entity, that relates to its surrounds, provides a learning space for at least two people and must fit within a 5 metre cube.
The design must hod merit within:
Function (how is it occupied? how is it used differently? How can it influence beyond its own Proximity?)
Tectonic (how is it anchored? assembled? whats is its significant structural+ material feature?)
Experience (view within? how does it sit within its context? how is a journey experienced?)
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