![]() ![]() We are led through a grand barrel vaulted hall as though we are on our way to meet a Roman emperor apart from the fact that one side has been slashed open to reveal an industrial-fluorescent Carrefour hypermarche so deep that we can’t see its end. They are taking us to see a potential site for a high-end fashion store. We’re with our client and here to meet an engineer, his assistants and the Mall manager. It’s in a shopping mall called Villagio, in the shadow of a sculptural observation tower in Doha’s Sport City that looks like a gigantic vase on the skyline. We meet at Starbucks where a sign reads ‘Geography is a Flavour’. ![]() Vriesendorp Syndrome: Overwhelmed by the Geographies of Sensation, Memory and Plenty Download
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