BRIGHTON

June 16th, 2009 | Richard Almond

Took a day off on Saturday and had a trip down to Brighton. It was the first time I’ve been and I was very impressed with the Royal Pavilion, but particularly intrigued by the West Pier, which was victim to a huge fire in 2002. The piers’ walkway has subsequently collapsed but the charred frame of the main platform still exists a few hundred meters out at sea. I can’t help but imagine the burnt shell as the site for a student architectural project, or in an ideal world even a site for my installation, possessing obvious decay as well as vivid memories for locals and holiday makers. We can all dream…