GARA Filaret - Regional Center of Excellence

The city is a web of either natural or forced overlaps, in which there is no well-established hierarchy. Depending on the historical moment, certain criteria predominate, which affect the city through disruptive factors and disturbed areas. Any revolution needs a shock, a moment that triggers a succession of events.

I liken the site under study to a near-death patient in need of resuscitation by electric shock or perhaps a blood transfusion to catalyze life, in this case its use. The criterion into which today's society fits is economic.

An urban area must meet this criterion through efficiency. Over-demand is preferable to under-demand.

The "slow flow" of the site requires a moment of break, from which a new chapter can begin. This flow can be stopped by denying its linearity, by introducing experiential/sensory elements, like Peter Greenaway's films.

The experiment can be to juxtapose elements that have never before been related in the city's history. Can an (auto)station carry the weight of office buildings?