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Have been asking elsewhere but forgot to try here too.
So I'm still doing my architecture postgrad and have decided to study nightclubs (and other spaces for dance music).
One aspect I want to focus on is the "standing in rows watching a show" vs. social dancing, TAZ etc.
I could swear there's a KLF essay on the topic but that might just be me misremembering because they're cited in good 'ol TRANCECRACKER.
This from a few years ago too:
Any other articles/essays spring to anyone's mind? I'm looking for some quotable writing on the topic, and more generally anyone's thoughts on how the design (layout, proportions etc.) of a club can make it good or bad for The Party to form.
Any notably good clubs from a spatial point of view? Good for the dancing? good for the chillout area? etc.
Cheers
So I'm still doing my architecture postgrad and have decided to study nightclubs (and other spaces for dance music).
One aspect I want to focus on is the "standing in rows watching a show" vs. social dancing, TAZ etc.
I could swear there's a KLF essay on the topic but that might just be me misremembering because they're cited in good 'ol TRANCECRACKER.
This from a few years ago too:
Dancing: Schrödinger’s Cliche
Harold Heath takes another look at the 'people-don't-dance-anymore-they-just-stand-watching-the DJ' discourse. Late last year, I and thousands of others
www.attackmagazine.com
Any other articles/essays spring to anyone's mind? I'm looking for some quotable writing on the topic, and more generally anyone's thoughts on how the design (layout, proportions etc.) of a club can make it good or bad for The Party to form.
Any notably good clubs from a spatial point of view? Good for the dancing? good for the chillout area? etc.
Cheers