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Revision as of 17:00, 10 December 2012
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Construction
Since the building is an anchored floating structure for phasing reasons it is necessary to construct it as light as possible, this means using relatively lightweight materials such as steel or aluminium for the construction. The goal is to create a light inflatable structure for the blobs and a material effective method for constructing the facade.
Facade
The facade is a sheltering box, lifted up off the square to create maximum openness of the lower public elements while stile providing protection and shelter from sun, rain and strong winds. The box is supported by the (inflatable) blobs inside, this becomes a physical extension of the concept that the sex-worker program supports the functioning of the public square.
Blobs
The structure of the blobs is highly important due to the non-uniform shapes. Above are several possible solutions using custom ribs prefabricated in a factory using robots for a cost effective manufacturing procedure.
One of the important things to consider is the fact that these ribs are necessary in order to transfer the loads from the facade into the floating construction. Ideally the blobs are inflatable structures which can perform the same load bearing function without the use of ribs.
Climate
Facade
Energy
Feasibility
Feasibility is mostly about the economics of the Lusthof, this consists of two primary elements:
- Phasing
- Business model
Below is a short explanation of how we envision both of these elements to work both within the RDM site and the city as a whole.
phasing
The Lusthof is purposed to function as a kickstarter for the RDM area drawing in people and money which will aid with further developments in the area. In order to do this the building will be a floating structure which is able to move around the dockside until assuming its final position when it is best within the development plan.
Before it is in its final position the Lusthof will be able to move across the site and dock with semi-permanent bridges allowing customers to enter the building, the public square will thus only function as it it intended when the site is further developed. This is however not a problem since as long as the site is not intensively developed and visited it is possible to visit the Lusthof in relative anonimity.
Business Model
The businessmodel of the Lusthof is fairly simple, sex-workers can rent a number of different rooms on the basis of the specific service they are providing (prostitution typology). For all services there are fixed prices in order to prevent unfair competition between local women and eastern-european women (whom are generally willing to work for less, see interview
Diffusion Principles
For customers it is very important not to be seen entering the prostitution areas, otherwise they won't come. (e.g. prostitution centre Eindhoven only has one entrance which is in plain view from a nearby apartment building. An interview with PMW humanitas informed us that this is a major inhibiting factor in attracting customers.)
To facilitate this, we have devised a few methods to allow potential customers to isolate themselves from the public discretely, and acces the prostitution areas.
