activate and propagate

As a parasite media, the Maison des Journalistes uses existing infrastructures to diffuse its messages

The CBC Tower in relation to the site.

A plain blue wall accross the street from the site.

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	..lena buchinger

			Areas of influence				Neighbourhood A new foreign object inserts itself in the existing fabric, changes its social structure. It is a smother, but not less obvious intrusion than the CBC complex forty years ago. The kind of activities held in the surroundings is modified. The buildings targeted audience experiences an evolution. Projection on nearby buildings The building directly affects this area. The light it projects is reflected and supported by some of its direct neighbours. An aura, perceptible from the whole city, is created.				CBC Plaza First area of influence, it is not only influenced by the building but modeled according to its language and message. It is stepped in order to accommodate large gatherings. It has luminous and reflective elements but is fundamentally a rough place. It eventually blends to the CBC parking.			Numbers and measurements
			The Maison des Journalistes is not only a shelter for refugee journalists but a diffusion machine, a parasite media, constructed to acknowledge various radius of action. Local medias The Maison des Journalistes produces pamphlets, articles, television spots, recordings, T-shirts, posters… any production that could be inserted in the existing media structures. Its intention is to not to change them but promote the notion of free speech.											CBC Plaza Projection on nearby buildings Neighborhood Bridge + Highway City Local medias Freely distributed objects		100m radius 600m radius 700m radius 3km radius
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DRM - Winter 2005