Comments on: transition zones. brandscapes clashing with pure simulation – disneyland paris wrap-up. http://themerica.org/blog/archives/46 an MFA design thesis by dave gottwald Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:08:28 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: dave http://themerica.org/blog/archives/46/comment-page-1#comment-37 dave Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:19:33 +0000 http://themerica.org/blog/archives/46#comment-37 1.) i think that's a great idea for a future post. 2.) i can make them pop to larger ones in future posts. 3.) the restaurants are thematic, but the overall complex is a brandscape. you are correct there is no over-arching theme for disney village. there is some architectural unity, but no theme. thus, all these little themed restaurants feel sort of cramped and collaged in. they don't fit together. there are no transition zones, no narrative connections. 1.) i think that’s a great idea for a future post.

2.) i can make them pop to larger ones in future posts.

3.) the restaurants are thematic, but the overall complex is a brandscape. you are correct there is no over-arching theme for disney village. there is some architectural unity, but no theme. thus, all these little themed restaurants feel sort of cramped and collaged in. they don’t fit together. there are no transition zones, no narrative connections.

]]> By: jesterpb http://themerica.org/blog/archives/46/comment-page-1#comment-36 jesterpb Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:56:20 +0000 http://themerica.org/blog/archives/46#comment-36 1. Please give me your top ten examples why "the Disneyland Paris park is the most remarkable example of thematic design i have seen in my research" 2. Please send larger copies of your "covered bridge" photos. They are too small on the blog to see the detail. In the future, is it possible to make your photos hyperlinkable so that clicking on it will pop up a larger image? 3. Why are those restaurants brandscapes, when you just ran through a bulleted list of the thematic design they all play to. Is it that there is no overarching theme to the area, even though all the restaurants are thematically designed? Obviously these questions are likely better hammered out over the phone than through a keyboard. 1. Please give me your top ten examples why “the Disneyland Paris park is the most remarkable example of thematic design i have seen in my research”
2. Please send larger copies of your “covered bridge” photos. They are too small on the blog to see the detail. In the future, is it possible to make your photos hyperlinkable so that clicking on it will pop up a larger image?
3. Why are those restaurants brandscapes, when you just ran through a bulleted list of the thematic design they all play to. Is it that there is no overarching theme to the area, even though all the restaurants are thematically designed?

Obviously these questions are likely better hammered out over the phone than through a keyboard.

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