Loss Adjuster

摘要

A couple of weeks ago, I picked up a copy of the Guardian at Berlin's Schonefeld Airport and leafed through to the picture I had been morbidly looking forward to studying for the past 24 hours: that of the smouldering remains of OMA's China Central Television (CCTV) building. The structure appeared blackened but essentially intact, and one's thoughts soon turned to the different scenarios tihat might unfold.rnDemolition was surely still a likelihood, raising the question of whether OMA's design would then be reconstructed, or if something quite other might be built on the site. But if the primary structure did prove sound, then perhaps it would just be a matter of replacing the cladding and internal finishes. Three options then, with different practical and artistic implications but united in a common goal: to wipe away all memory of the calamity that the building has suffered.