The Fun palace: An unenclosed steel structure, fully serviced by traveling gantry cranes the building comprised a 'kit of parts': prefabricated walls, platforms, floors, stairs and ceiling modules that could be moved and assembled by the cranes.
Cedric Price's central thesis was that a building should (I think he meant would) only last as long as it is useful.
"Choose what you want to do - or watch some else doing it. Learn how to handle tools, paint, Babies, machinery, or just listen to your favorite tune. Dance, talk or be lifted up to where you can see how other people make things work. Sit out over space with a drink and tune in to what's happening elsewhere in the city, Try starting a riot or beginning a painting - or just lie back and stare at the sky."
-Cedric Price via Design museum
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