18 – Junkspace – Rem Koolhaas & the End of Architecture
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The Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles
The most junk spacey bit of Westfield is actually Stratford International Train Station which is really sad. I think the cycle access is extremely junk space where you have to go along 500 meters of bin stalls up a weird dual carry-away with eight Sheffield stand bike logs servicing this enormous complex. There was a complaint that it was regarded as 16 bicycles. Parking spaces is slightly inadequate for this fourth or fifth largest shopping mall in Europe. If you've ever wondered why is perfume always at the entrance of department stores or these kind of things? It's because that's the most expensive stuff and the entrance is the bit which everyone has to walk through. And it's that simple. Put the things
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