Through word of mouth, we found out that a small group of skaters had colonised the undercroft of the Southbank Centre. |
Around three times as many people are now taking guided tours, and visiting the undercroft, treasury and crypt. |
Water from the swollen river swamped the undercroft, containing the historic building's electricity and central heating systems, and also files and furnishings. |
It would be a complete desecration of the entire artistic ethos of the undercroft, of the appropriation and reinterpretation of space. |
This has been seen recently in London, with the battle to keep the Southbank Centre's undercroft as a dedicated space for skating. |
The monks' cells were articulated more as part of the walls than as spaces in their own right, and the undercroft feels like a service area. |