Agenda Formulation

Skipping through the printed and folded A3 sized formulation describing the intentions of the project

The contents of the formulation

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Open Formations: Public program

A diagram investigating the abilities of the different spaces and their connections. The organic visuals representing the spaces is a collage of micrographics of skin:

Isolated private cells.

Partly closed membranes of semi-public spaces.

Street area with passing traffic.

The animate public space blending in and allowing stays for longer periods of time.

A diffuse open membrane combining the public spaces.

Open Formations: Markets and grocery stores

Mapping markets (black) and grocery stores (grey) of Williamsburg, Brooklyn: Arguing the non-existing need for a market due to surplus of this function in the area.


Instead, to empower the social capabilities of the grocery store, a place linking the grocers might increase the sense of community and trust among the residents.

Open Formations: Public Program

The grocery store as the semi-public space and the lack of places to stay in the public sphere.

Grocery stores in the area are loosing their function as the semi-privare meeting place for the block. They once hosted
 social interaction in the neighborhood and operated as a place of trust, where you could hang your apartment key eg.
for the maid, workman or family members to pick up.

The deli on the other corner have no interaction with the public sphere; no seating or other place to stay to enjoy
neither your food, a cup of coffee nor have any kind of social connection.

Conceptual inspiration.

As old towns in medieval towns shape each other, the idea is to
let the public spaces shape the semi-public, which again shapes
the private spaces.

Evidence of human tracks.