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The next stage of medusa project is to select a site in the Point Douglas area. In doing so the phenomenon of medusa will start to translate into a building program. As discussed in my previous blogs the medusa system is stealth like system that intertwines and interacts with its surroundings. With this said I felt it is most appropriate to choose a site that has some sort of framework for medusa to work within, in this case an abandoned building.

In regards to the medusa, I believe that the most appropriate kind of system to look at are mechanical systems because the mechanical systems is a system that spreads throughout the form much like medusa. What I find interesting about mechanical systems is that is some cases the function of a building may change over time and because of this the system originally put in place may not be appropriate for the current building function.

The first site under consideration is the void space between the Starland Theater and the Jack Hotel. Currently these two buildings are vacant with empty lots adjacent to them. Due to the amount of vacancy within and surrounding the site, I see this as an opportunity for the medusa system to expand in area as demonstrate from earlier devices.

In further analysis of the site, I attempted to gain access within the building in order to see structural inside, unfortunately this wasn’t possible without the right set of tools.

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