incheon Korea

suckerPUNCH: describe your project in one sentence

paul PREISSNER: the proposal for the city tower offers a project which situates itself within the city as a communicative participant in a democratic population, instead of an object to be looked at. the proposal suggests that as a central part of the new community, the city tower softly delivers its visual affection in a manner enabling its attraction to be felt by all. as architectural responses for tall projects routinely offer technical achievements as the basis for its appreciation, our proposal liberates its audience from pre-required expertise to enjoy an atmospheric experience. this ability to create new audiences for the project enables a new form of cultural activity and community to develop.

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chicago ILLINOIS

paul preissner: the taiwan pop music center project provides a unique and critical opportunity to reconsider the role of contemporary pop music within the world. as the most successful form of performance art, pop music has proven to have the capacity to reframe points of view, galvanize positions, introduce new forms of visual and acoustical pleasure, deliver the most compelling form of oration and organize capital into some of the most significant economic industries in history.

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