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THE

KUN

STH

DAL

RO

TTER

DAM

REM

KO

OLH

AAS

FORMTh

e Ku

nsth

al R

otte

rdam

bui

lt in

199

2 w

as d

esig

ned

by a

rchi

tect

Rem

Koo

lhaa

s an

d th

e Of

fice

for M

etro

polit

an A

rchi

tect

ure

(OM

A). T

he b

uild

ing

host

s 300

0 sq

uare

me-

ters

of e

xhib

ition

spac

e, a

n au

dito

rium

, a b

ook

shop

, and

a re

stau

rant

. The

exh

ibiti

on a

reas

in

clud

e tw

o la

rge,

and

two

smal

ler g

alle

ries

th

at c

an b

e us

ed to

geth

er o

r sep

arat

ely.

Its

loca

tion

situ

ates

it a

s the

gat

eway

to R

otte

r-da

m’s

cultu

ral a

men

ities

(OM

A W

ebsi

te).

The

Kuns

thal

was

bui

lt as

an

inve

st-

men

t in

Rott

erda

m’s

cultu

ral c

apita

l to

stim

u-la

te to

uris

m. T

he c

ity is

now

is n

ow o

ne o

f th

e cu

ltura

l hub

s of T

he N

ethe

rlan

ds. S

ince

de

stru

ctio

n du

ring

Wor

ld W

ar II

the

city

has

un

derg

one

infr

astr

uctu

re, e

cono

mic

and

cu

ltura

l reg

ener

atio

n. In

the

1990

’s th

e ci

ty

deve

lope

d “c

lust

ers”

in te

leco

mm

unic

atio

n,

and

audi

o-vi

sual

serv

ices

, and

des

ign

and

me-

dia,

stri

ving

to d

evel

op a

n im

age

as a

cul

tura

l ci

ty. R

otte

rdam

has

a ri

ch h

isto

ry o

f cul

ture

, an

d w

ante

d to

pro

mot

e it

as c

ultu

ral t

ouri

sm.

Wha

t Rot

terd

am w

as m

issi

ng to

succ

eed

this

go

al w

as a

n ad

equa

te su

pply

of c

ultu

ral f

acili

-tie

s. Th

e Ku

nsth

al w

as b

uilt

with

the

desi

re

for a

rchi

tect

ure

that

cou

ld d

raw

glo

bal a

tten

-tio

n, a

nd c

ould

put

Rot

terd

am o

n th

e Eu

ro-

pean

Cul

tura

l sta

ge.

2

Th

e m

odes

t ext

erio

r for

m o

f the

bui

ldin

g sa

ys li

ttle

to re

veal

the

com

plex

ities

of t

he b

uild

ing’

s int

erio

r. D

urin

g an

inte

rvie

w w

ith N

ew Y

ork

Tim

es K

oolh

aas s

aid,

‘’I l

ike

to d

o th

ings

that

on

first

sigh

t hav

e a

degr

ee

of si

mpl

icity

but

show

thei

r com

plex

ity in

the

way

they

are

use

d or

at s

econ

d gl

ance

,’’ th

is is

cer

tain

ly th

e ca

se

for t

his R

otte

rdam

pro

ject

.Ku

nsth

al’s

prog

ram

is c

onta

ined

in a

rect

angu

lar p

rism

. In

plan

, the

bui

ldin

g is

a sq

uare

cro

sses

by

two

rout

es, c

reat

ing

four

aut

onom

ous p

roje

cts.

The

Site

is sl

oppe

d, w

ith th

e ap

proa

ch fr

om th

e M

aasb

oule

var

bein

g si

x m

eter

s hig

her t

han

the

park

to th

e no

rth.

A ra

mp

runs

nor

th so

uth

thou

gh th

e co

re o

f the

bui

ldin

g,

conn

ectin

g th

e bu

sy M

aasb

oule

vard

, to

the

park

. Thi

s ram

p al

so se

para

tes t

he g

alle

ries

on

the

east

, fro

m th

e re

st o

f the

pro

gram

on

the

wes

t. Th

e dr

ivin

g co

ncep

t of t

he d

esig

n is

that

of a

con

tinuo

us c

ircu

it. A

spir

al c

ircu

-la

tion

rout

e, e

nabl

ed b

y th

e us

e of

larg

e ra

mps

, con

nect

s the

pub

lic a

reas

of t

he K

unst

hal.

The

ram

ps g

ive

the

build

ing

a se

nse

that

floo

rs h

ave

drop

ped

dow

n an

d m

oved

up

to m

eet e

ach

othe

r

1. S

quar

e Pl

an2.

Ext

erio

r/Pu

blic

Circ

ulat

ion.

4. F

our A

uton

omou

s Pr

ojec

ts.

3. P

rogr

am S

epar

atio

n.5.

Con

tinuo

us C

ircul

atio

n

3Ci

rcul

atio

n in

Sec

tion

Form

in

Sect

ion

FORM

FORM

Som

e ha

ve re

ferr

ed to

Kun

stha

l as a

po

st-m

oder

nist

pro

ject

due

to th

e us

e of

the

juxt

apos

ition

of a

rang

e of

mat

eria

ls, i

nclu

d-in

g bl

ack

glas

s, co

rrug

ated

gal

vani

zed

met

al

grill

s, st

eel,

conc

rete

, sto

ne c

ladd

ing,

and

gl

azin

g. T

he m

ater

ial c

ompo

sitio

n of

Kun

stha

l is

cha

ract

eriz

ed b

y a

sequ

ence

of s

urpr

ises

; Ko

olha

as ta

kes a

dvan

tage

of t

he u

nexp

ecte

d w

ith m

ater

ial,

as w

ell a

s str

uctu

re a

nd p

ro-

gram

to c

reat

e ex

peri

ence

s tha

t are

bot

h sa

cred

and

pro

fane

. Ko

olha

as W

orke

d w

ith S

truc

tura

l En-

gine

er C

ecil

Balm

ond

to g

ener

ate

a fo

rm th

at

was

trul

y a

colla

bora

tion

of A

rchi

tect

ure

and

Engi

neer

ing.

Bal

mon

d do

es n

ot se

e a

sepa

-ra

tion

betw

een

arch

itect

ure

and

Stru

ctur

e;

rath

er, t

hey

are

aspe

cts o

f a u

nifie

d w

hole

th

at g

ener

ate

form

(Bau

mei

ster

and

Lee

). Ba

lmon

d so

ught

to b

rake

out

of t

he d

omin

ant

orde

r, he

said

, “Tr

appe

d by

the

Cart

esia

n Ca

ge

I wan

ted

to b

reak

out

… th

at o

ppor

tuni

ty

cam

e w

ith R

em K

oolh

aas a

nd th

e Ku

nsth

al

Rott

erda

m.”

Wor

king

toge

ther

that

two

wer

e ab

le to

gen

erat

e th

e un

usua

l str

uctu

ral b

uild

-in

g co

mpo

nent

s suc

h as

the

ram

ps su

ppor

ted

it by

seem

ingl

y un

stab

le a

ngle

d co

lum

ns.

4

5

Pete

r Eis

enm

an b

ring

s to

our a

tten

tion

two

oppo

sing

con

cern

s with

form

; the

firs

t is a

con

cern

for

inte

rnal

com

posi

tion,

the

prog

ram

and

how

it is

org

aniz

ed, a

nd th

e se

cond

is a

‘con

cern

for t

he a

rtic

ula-

tion

of id

eal t

hem

es in

form

” (Ei

senm

an 1

968)

. Eis

enm

an e

xpla

ins t

hat t

hese

con

cern

s are

two

side

s of

the

sam

e co

in, t

he c

halle

nge

bein

g to

wor

k w

ith th

em to

geth

er. A

fter t

he in

dust

rial

revo

lutio

n pr

ogra

ms

beca

me

incr

easi

ngly

com

plex

, as a

resu

lt th

e ty

pe-fo

rm re

latio

nshi

p sh

ifted

. Arc

hite

cts s

ince

turn

ing

to

the

sim

plifi

ed d

octr

ine

of ‘f

orm

follo

ws f

unct

ion.

’Eis

enm

an O

n th

e ot

her h

and

Balm

ond

argu

es th

at a

form

do

es n

ot st

and

alon

e, e

xpla

inin

g, a

form

is ‘a

lmos

t a p

rodu

ct o

f it’s

con

tent

’ (Ba

umei

ster

and

Lee

).

It w

ould

be

inac

cura

te to

say

Kool

haas

form

ally

took

a fo

rm fo

llow

s fun

ctio

n ap

proa

ch. H

e st

arte

d th

e de

-si

gn w

ith a

pie

ce o

f pur

e ge

omet

ry, a

squa

re, f

or th

e pl

an. H

e th

en a

dded

a p

rim

ary

circ

ulat

ion

rout

e, th

at’s

open

to th

e pu

blic

and

the

outd

oors

, act

ing

to d

ivid

e th

e sp

ace

into

four

regi

ons.

If Ko

olha

as h

ad ta

ken

the

conc

ept o

f gen

erat

ing

a sp

ace

with

con

tinuo

us c

ircu

latio

n, w

ithou

t the

initi

al

plan

of a

squa

re h

e m

ay h

ave

resu

lted

in a

n en

tirel

y di

ffere

nt b

uild

ing.

A v

arie

ty o

f for

ms c

ould

hav

e de

vel-

oped

, to

illus

trat

e th

is I

will

pre

sent

an

alte

rnat

ive.

He

coul

d ha

ve ta

ken

the

deig

n ap

proa

ch th

at h

e us

ed

but u

sed

a di

ffere

nt p

iece

of g

eom

etry

, let

’s sa

y an

elli

pse.

He

coul

d ha

ve in

clud

ed th

e sa

me

and

circ

ula-

tion

but h

e w

ould

hav

e ac

hiev

ed a

ver

y di

ffere

nt fo

rm, a

lthou

gh in

tere

stin

gly

a si

mila

r pro

file

wou

ld h

ave

resu

lted.

Circ

ulat

ion

in P

lan

FORM

THE

KUN

STH

DAL

RO

TTER

DAM

REM

KO

OLH

AAS

BODY 7

HA

PPY/

SAD

GO

OD

/BA

D

DU

ALI

SM

SIN

GU

LAR

MALE FORM

MA

LE F

ORM

?

In th

e te

xt “

the

build

ing

in p

ain

Ant

hony

V

idle

r w

rite

s ab

out t

he h

isto

ry o

f th

e bo

dy

and

arch

itect

ure,

est

ablis

hing

thre

e hi

stor

i-ca

l per

iods

; the

bui

ldin

g as

bod

y, b

uild

ing

as

epito

miz

ing

bodi

ly s

tate

s an

d th

e en

viro

n-m

ent e

ndow

ed w

ith b

ody.

One

can

dis

cuss

th

e K

unst

hal R

otte

rdam

in li

ght o

f th

e fi r

st

two

of th

ese

hist

oric

al p

erio

ds. F

irst

, as

Vid

ler

expl

ains

, “In

vitr

uvia

n an

d re

nais

sanc

e th

eory

, th

e bo

dy is

dir

ectly

pro

ject

ed o

n to

the

build

-in

g.”

(Vid

ler

1990

). A

s th

ough

res

pond

ing

dire

ctly

to V

idle

r’s

hist

oric

al d

escr

iptio

n, R

em

Koo

lhaa

s ha

s lit

eral

ly p

roje

cted

the

mal

e bo

dy

onto

the

Kun

stha

l Rot

terd

am. A

n ic

on o

f th

e m

ale fi g

ure

is u

sed

twic

e on

the

build

ing

The

fi r

st is

see

n as

one

app

roac

hes

the

build

ing

from

afa

r. T

he s

econ

d co

py o

f th

e sa

me

im-

age

is lo

cate

d at

the

entr

ance

, bot

h in

stan

ces

the

imag

es is

situ

ated

bes

ide

a se

t of

arro

ws

beco

min

g m

an to

com

e fo

rwar

d.

The

add

ition

gra

phic

rep

rese

ntat

ions

of

the

body

in th

e m

useu

m a

re a

pai

r of

sm

iley

face

s on

two

pane

s of

gla

ss th

at a

ppea

r to

ove

r la

p,

mer

ging

to g

ener

ate

an e

xpre

ssio

n th

at b

egin

s to

look

mor

e lik

e a

pig

that

a h

uman

.

BODY 8

The

exp

erie

nce

of th

e bu

ildin

g st

arts

with

the

entr

ance

. The

gra

phic

on

the

fron

t doo

r is

icon

ical

y m

ale;

the

imag

e sp

eaki

ng to

Fila

ret’s

di

stin

ctio

n th

at n

ot o

nly

is a

rchi

tect

ure

linke

d to

the

hum

an b

ody,

it is

link

ed to

the

mal

e bo

dy, “

the

build

ing

is c

onst

ruct

ed a

s a

sim

ile

for

the

hum

an fi

gure

. You

see

that

I h

ave

show

n yo

u by

mea

ns o

f a

sim

ile th

at a

bui

ldin

g is

der

ived

fro

m m

an…

” (A

gres

t Thi

s m

ale

grap

hic

is m

ost o

ften

see

n pa

ired

with

it c

ount

er p

art t

he ‘

fem

ale’

gra

phic

. The

fem

ale

is e

xclu

ded

in it

s ab

senc

e. A

ccor

ding

to A

gres

t’s

logi

c, w

hen

som

ethi

ng is

exc

lude

d so

met

hing

is n

eces

sari

ly in

clud

ed. T

his

has

been

the

case

with

the

hist

ory

of a

rchi

tect

ure

in w

hich

th

e m

ale

body

has

pla

yed

a fo

unda

tiona

l rol

e, w

hile

the

fem

ale

body

has

had

no

pres

ence

. It c

ould

be

argu

ed th

at th

e si

ngul

ar p

rese

nce

of m

an o

n th

e bu

ildin

g su

ppor

ts A

gres

t’s a

rgum

ent t

hat L

ogoc

entr

ism

and

mal

e an

thro

pom

orph

ism

has

bee

n th

e fo

unda

tiona

l sys

tem

in

arch

itect

ure

sinc

e V

itruv

ius.

Sin

ce th

e re

nais

sanc

e an

y vo

ice

that

dec

lare

d th

at b

uild

ings

sho

uld

embr

ace

or e

mbo

dy th

e fe

mal

e fo

rm

was

not

hea

rd. I

f L

eona

rd D

a V

inci

eve

r dr

ew a

Vitr

uvia

n w

oman

, tho

se d

raw

ings

wer

e lo

st, n

ever

to m

ake

thei

r pl

ace

in h

isto

ry. U

pon

map

ping

cir

cula

tion

arou

nd a

nd th

ough

the

build

ing,

a f

orm

al s

imila

rity

to F

ranc

esco

di G

iorg

io M

artin

i’s p

ropo

rtio

ning

of

a te

mpl

e de

sign

, can

be

seen

.

CIR

CU

LATI

ON

MA

P

BODY 9

The

Kun

stha

l als

o sp

eaks

to V

idle

r’s

seco

nd h

isto

rica

l per

iod

– th

at o

f th

e bu

ildin

g ep

itom

izin

g bo

dily

sta

tes.

Koo

l-ha

as tr

uly

succ

eede

d in

cre

atin

g a

subl

ime

arch

itect

ure,

that

evo

kes

terr

or, f

ear,

and

delig

ht. T

he jo

urne

y th

roug

h th

e bu

ildin

g br

ings

on

thes

e em

otio

ns in

pat

tern

. The

Kun

stha

l Rot

terd

am K

oolh

aas

gene

rate

s a

com

posi

tion

of e

mot

ion-

al s

tate

s, ta

king

the

mus

eum

s gu

est t

hrou

gh a

phy

siol

ogic

al jo

urne

y th

ough

the

build

ing.

Thi

s ex

peri

ence

sta

rts

with

th

e de

light

of

ente

ring

the

build

ing.

The

re is

sur

pris

e w

hen

one

disc

over

s th

at th

ey e

nter

the

mus

eum

, at t

he f

ront

of

AN

XIET

Y

SUPR

ISE

DEL

IGH

T

THR

EE

EM

OTI

ON

AL

STA

TES

9

BODY

supr

ise

delig

htax

iety

contrasting smileys

stage frieght

the forest

angular pillars

Beautiful textures

image of scelaton

exhibition space

views

exhibition space

garden room

kuns

tal r

otte

rdam

_em

otio

nal e

xper

ienc

eku

nsta

l rot

terd

am_e

mot

iona

l exp

erie

nce

a th

eate

r, an

d th

en f

ear

at h

e re

aliz

atio

n th

at th

e su

ppor

ting

colu

mns

look

as

thou

gh th

ey a

re a

bout

to c

olla

pse.

The

exp

erie

ntia

l jou

rney

th

roug

hout

the

build

ing

is b

ased

on

perc

eptio

n an

d th

is jo

urne

y co

uld

cont

inue

to c

hang

e de

pend

ing

on th

e in

divi

dual

. The

Kun

stha

l R

otte

rdam

can

not b

e ex

peri

ence

d pu

rely

by

sigh

t but

mus

t be

expe

rien

ced.

It i

s no

t sum

med

up

pure

ly in

the

visu

al b

ut a

lso

in m

ater

ial

text

ures

, qua

lity

of li

ght,

and

emot

iona

l sta

tes.

10

TECHNIQUE

11

Tech

niqu

e

Rem

Koo

lhaa

s an

d C

ecil

Bal

mon

d w

orke

d to

geth

er e

ach

brin

ging

thei

r ow

n se

t of

tech

-ni

ques

, to

the

tabl

e to

pro

duce

the

Kun

stha

l R

otte

rdam

. The

Arc

hite

ct a

nd th

e en

gine

er,

each

with

thei

r ow

n se

t of

tech

niqu

es, b

oth

appr

oach

ed th

e pr

ojec

ts u

ncon

vent

iona

lly,

reim

agin

ing

norm

ativ

e sy

stem

s, to

pro

duce

th

e un

expe

cted

. By

payi

ng w

ith p

eopl

e ex

-pe

ctat

ions

, and

pro

duci

ng th

e un

expe

cted

em

otio

nal r

epos

es to

the

build

ing

and

it’s

com

pone

nts

coul

d be

pro

duce

d. R

em K

ool-

haas

mad

e so

me

form

al d

ecis

ions

, dec

idin

g to

cut

the

build

ing

with

bot

h ve

hicu

lar

and

pede

stri

an tr

affi c

, and

to b

ase

the fl o

or p

lans

an

d ci

rcul

atio

n on

a s

pira

l. K

oolh

aas

play

ed

with

the

unex

pect

ed in

his

use

of

his

prog

ram

ad

jace

ncie

s, g

raph

ics

and

mat

eria

ls. C

ecil

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mon

d co

nfro

nted

the

Car

tesi

an g

rid

and,

an

d cr

eate

d a

stru

ctur

e th

at is

“fu

ll of

sta

ccat

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d of

f be

at r

hyth

m. U

sing

trad

ition

al te

ch-

niqu

es a

s a

star

ting

poin

t, B

alm

ond

was

not

bo

und

to p

aral

lel l

ines

or

pred

icta

ble

patte

rn

in th

is p

roje

ct.

TECHNIQUE

12

Koo

lhau

s -

Cir

cula

tion

It is

mos

t lik

ely

that

Rem

Koo

lhaa

s fi r

st s

tart

ed h

is p

roje

ct w

ith a

site

ana

lysi

s. T

he s

ite is

situ

ated

bet

wee

n th

e M

as-

bulo

vard

to th

e so

uth

and

the

Mus

eum

Par

k to

the

Nor

th. A

qui

ck s

ite a

naly

sis

wou

ld h

ave

reve

aled

that

ther

e ar

e tw

o ci

rcul

atio

n ro

utes

that

mov

e th

roug

h th

e si

te, a

ped

estr

ian

path

and

a v

ehic

ular

roa

d. R

athe

r th

an r

outin

g th

ese

path

-w

ays

arou

nd th

e m

useu

m, K

oolh

aas

deci

ded

that

the

path

s co

uld

be in

tegr

ated

into

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build

ing

by g

oing

und

er a

nd

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cula

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Circ

ulat

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thro

ugh

and

arou

nd b

uild

ing

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14Bif

Bifri

cicat

ing

ting

Fold

ing

oldi

ng

Spi

Spira

lal F

orm

thro

ugh

it. B

ring

ing

exte

rnal

cir

-cu

latio

n in

to th

e bu

ildin

g br

oke

the

proj

ect i

nto

four

dis

tinct

qu

adra

nts.

To

reun

ify

the

proj

ect,

Koo

haas

des

igne

d th

e ci

rcul

a-tio

n to

be

a sp

iral

. To

achi

eve

a sp

iral

ing

circ

ulat

ion

path

, the

fl o

or p

lats

we fi r

st b

ifur

cate

d an

d th

en f

olde

d ov

er e

ach

othe

r, to

al

low

for

the fl o

ors

to c

ontin

ue

upw

ards

with

out

div

isio

n.

Spira

l

TECHNIQUE

15

Cec

il B

alm

ond

used

a s

erie

s of

axi

oms

to d

efi n

e th

e lo

gic

behi

nd v

ario

us f

eatu

res

of th

e fo

rm a

nd

stru

ctur

e, th

e th

ree

axio

ms

that

he

used

wer

e br

ace,

sl

ip, a

nd f

ram

e.

Bal

mon

d lo

oks

to c

onve

ntio

nal s

truc

tura

l str

ate-

gies

as

a st

artin

g po

int a

nd th

en R

ethi

nks

thes

e st

rate

gies

to g

ener

ate

com

pelli

ng r

esul

ts. W

ithin

th

is p

roje

ct h

e do

es n

ot ta

ke a

ny p

roce

ss f

or

gran

ted

and

alw

ays

expl

ores

alte

rnat

ive

way

s of

ta

cklin

g st

ruct

ural

pro

blem

s. B

y br

akin

g aw

ay

from

sta

ndar

d co

nven

tions

Bal

mon

d is

has

fou

nd a

w

ay to

use

str

uctu

re to

trig

ger

emot

iona

l res

pons

es

such

as

delig

ht, s

urpr

ises

and

anx

iety

.

The

col

umns

in th

e m

ain

exhi

bitio

n sp

ace

slip

pa

ssed

eac

h ot

her.

Ori

gina

lly th

ere

wer

e fo

ur c

ol-

umns

pla

ced

on a

squ

are,

at t

he in

ters

ectio

n po

int

of th

e st

ruct

ural

gri

d. B

y al

low

ing

the

colu

mns

to

slip

pas

t eac

h ot

her

the

colu

mns

stil

l con

form

to

the

stru

ctur

al g

rid

whi

le a

llow

ing

for

a m

ore

dyna

mic

for

mal

ele

men

t with

in th

e sp

ace.

Bal

mon

d al

so r

etho

ught

the

trad

ition

al tr

uss

by

turn

ing

it on

its

side

, arg

uing

that

it is

mor

e vi

su-

ally

com

pelli

ng th

is w

ay a

nd a

lso

that

it is

arg

u-ab

ly s

tron

ger.

Brace

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Frame

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TECHNIQUE

6

Bal

mon

d en

able

d K

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aas’

s sp

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by

mov

ing

beyo

nd th

e st

rict

ly h

ori-

zont

al a

nd v

ertic

al p

lane

s, a

nd b

ring

ing

in d

iago

nal s

urfa

ces.

To

brea

k th

e co

nven

tiona

l, co

lum

ns a

nd b

eam

cub

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sea

red

the

stru

ctur

e, a

nd

bifu

rcat

ed th

e fl o

or p

late

s, a

llow

ing

for

cont

inuo

us c

ircu

latio

n th

at s

pira

ls

upw

ards

. T

he s

uppo

rtin

g co

lum

ns a

re a

lso

angl

ed to

cou

nter

the

shif

ting

wei

ght o

f th

e fl o

or p

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entr

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otio

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stra

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at th

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use

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unex

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and

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