Building in flux.

摘要

Division and segregation are inherent to the organization of space. Architecture, as an organizational device, has the ability to define an environment which accommodates certain actions and needs. The degree to which actions other than those originally planned for are permitted within the space is the prerogative of the architecture, which may be organized so as to exclude unsanctioned elements. The power of architecture to exclude creates a dichotomy between the "correct" usage of space, and that which is branded "deviant".;This thesis argues for a consideration of flux (as defined as a property of unexpected change) in building design as a means to undermining this dichotomy and the repressive power structure it supports. Architectonic manifestations of appropriation, transgression and exploration will be considered in relation to the exclusionist intents of mono-functionalist architecture. These disparate elements will be reconciled in the re-consideration of an architecture of power, the City Hall.