Is Theme Park An Architecture Product?

Long time no write. Feel desperate with my own life. Now, I am a last semester of architecture student, with friend that has a strong spirit to graduate faster. I really didn't know what to do. But since yesterday, while I was studying Critic of Architecture, I felt so exciting with her words, her critical words. I want to asked her something about my thesis, my final project. I just still couldn't believe this, because of the title proposal last year. This is about a recreation and tourism center. I thought the typology of this title is 'lifestyle' building, or a museum for tourism and study, but it was different with my guess. Even now, I still don't know what to write. And I was challenging with theme park typology. So, let's find out this challenging typology.

I have write a post about typologies of architecture before. And one of those typology is Theme Park. The example that I took is Universal Studio in Florida and Disneyland. I have read a book about one consultant architecture. It is about all its project through years. It said that from the side of Architectural Design, the priorities of building conform and experience is the first comes of an ideas. It represent a complicated collection of building and spaces. Beside that, spaces and structures is one of the main addition. The secondary amenities are services areas, back of the house, and so on.

That book describes so many things that characterized their design process, creativeness, practical, and integrity. There is eleven sector for completing its design process and successful project. All of their projects spread out through the world. After read the book, I feel have a bit of motivation to finish this thesis.

Well, a theme park is still a park, so landscape architecture is the most thing that we should interest to. But for this specialize case of my thesis, I really don't want focus on this side. Like the book said in the second paragraph, I have to challenge and to make a building and space that comfortable for visitor and support the employee of this theme park project. I love play, I did play, but there is no standard for each play, I mean the rides, the machines, and the operational and maintenance. It's really customize, no set, and need a research first. So, frustrated!

I have done with my last test. It was so awful and I have no satisfaction of that. I just made some presentation drawing, and bad beginning. I thought all of my examiner wasn't in good mood because I came late and they really didn't like it. :( So, I still don't know what the result of that last test. I just can praying and hoping there will be a chance to pass the exam.

Bird eye view of my theme park project, not good, but I try my best (fast)