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Kaus Eng
250. Beoks, Exhions
Documentation
352. Attic Extension in Edinburgh
Konishi Gariney Architects, Edinburgh
256 Astlay Gastie i Nuneaton, Warvickerire
\Withorford Watson Mann Architects, London
‘962. Residence in Munich
lognardhautum, Munich/Bertin
366 Workshop in Uckormarke
Thomas Kréger Architekten, Becin
370. Lutar's Death House Museum in Eislebon
YON WM, Stuttgart
376 Office Building in Milan
Parke Asseciat, Milan
‘280 Medical Faculty at re Erasmus Unwversty in Roterdam
aan Avchitgcton, Rotterdam
386. Gantonal Sobol in Chur
Pablo Horvath, Chur
862 Secondary School in Noubiberg
ARGE Venus + Partner; Munich; balda archilekten, Flrstenfeldbruck
Technology
208 From Forum Les Males te Ganopée - Open-heart Surgery the Cento of Parks
Fran Kaltenbach
404 Housing Rehabilitation ater Oil Contamination in Floodblains ~ Anicibating he "Flood Adaotive Home”
Mark Kammerbaver,Frark Kaltenbach
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408 Refurbishment
436 Constacton
424 _Lifs, Stas and Parking Systems
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Refurbishment
There Is a broad spectrum of approaches to refurbish
‘ment: because construction methods, ouilding materials,
and uses vary so widely, the concept must be attuned to
each particular building. The considerable time span in
which the buildings we use originated is a further source
of diversity. Refurbishment of newer buildings also contin
1s to gain significance. Tw
je dale to the 1960s: the Erasmus Medical Centre
and remodelled, and an office building in Milan, which,
Gespite energetic refurbishment of the facades, has main-
tained its characteristic appearance. An even more recent
pbuilding is a school in Neubiberg, Germany: just 38 years
atter completion it was retrofitted to improve fir
the anergy balance, as wall as to rid it of toxic
the nd of the spectrum ia sixteenth
ruin in England t
The careful interventions preserve not only the castie’s
physical remnants, but also the atmosphere of the historic
setting ‘Church Conversions ~
Sacred Profane Sub-optimal
Rainer Fisch
20104 DETAM
In Germany tha debate on the future flo of
‘church bouildings no longer needed for Itut-
ical purpeses is now entering ie fourth
decade. Over the course of more than tity
years ofthis history of conversion, many
pprognases have proven false. Socity’s mo
res have evolved, postions of advisory com-
mittee have changed, polticl eystorns
have dissolved, and the Zeitgeist hat once
prevailed has dissipated. We must take this
background into account to understand and
‘evaluate the enti spectrum of conversion
projects, from East Germany ofthe early
19806 to present-day reuntied Germany.
The conversion projacts in the Netherlands
and Great Brtain that are often cited as
proof of the potential fr spectacular results
are not relevant here. The development ot
tho “conversion culture" in Gorman isnot
comparable, because ~iffor this reason
alone — e'sewhere, as a rule, dencminations
iferent from those in Germany are in-
\olved, and each congregation conzequent-
ly has @ epecitic relationship to its respec:
tue place of worship, Moreover, here in Ger-
‘many the historical Interwovennass of the
Protestant anc Catholic communities wth
the state ~ inclusing, perhaps most signif:
cantly, jnencial aspects ~is probably a uni-
cum worldwide.
‘Accordingly, the situation of the Catholic
bishoprics and the Protestant cists in the
pre-uniication Gorman states atthe onset of
this development varied considerably and is
ot at all comparable. The phenomenon fret
‘appeared in the 1970s in West Berlin ~ in
the former Federal Republic of Germany.
There was 2 maseive decting in membership
lf the Protestant communities and the phe:
nomanon ofa surplus of churches appeared
for the frst time. In 1987, the frst in a series
of discussions ~ known as the “Borlinar
Gespracho" ~was held. It was entitled "New
Uses for Old Churches”. In this way @ public,
discourse regarding what to do about the
\acant structures was fostered. These ais
cussions wore hosted by the Evangelical
(Church in Bertin-Brandenberg (West Berlin):
tho Senate Dopariment for Urban Devolop-
‘ment and the Environment; and the Depart-
DETAN 201504
fang eor munity ese, 1007
‘rohtoct Kins Boor
Section sca 200
Heligikrouz chs (ely Crose Cruze
In BeerKiessberg,
‘onveccion 2“ cIykrhe”, 1905
brontocs Arcaskngruppe Wessel
‘ment of Arts and Qulture at the Technische
Universtat Berlin. total of five sympasia,
each witha diferent focus, wore hold tho
last of them in 1994. The fst conference
facreased Bern's honest (urtsin)
Churches, which, due to their siza alone, the
‘communities could no longer ator’ to main
‘ain, But, through this process, another
problem became apparent. The houses of
‘worship, many of which eeet more than
2000 persons in narrow rows of benches, no
longer “ft the young community. This 2p
plies bath to thew sheer scale and tothe
‘theological content, The church building
should ~ according to come of the confer-
ences’ speakers ~reflact the image of the
‘community, and this is not possible in the
large Grinderzett churches, A slogan made
ihe rounds: "the church ae agora". The con-
ferences focused on churches that were in
need of werk end would subsequently be
renovated
Thss markt sqvare or mikod-use"
To exerpily the neglected’ builcings, we
vill focus on churches that were eubee-
‘quently renovated. The Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche
{Holy Gross Church) in Berin-Kreuzterg
(1885-88) by Johannes Otzen is mentioned
In his context, as is the Lutherkirche in
Borlin-Spandau. Both wore renovatod in
‘the mid-19906. They were opened up to
Non-iturgical uses and their inerirs wore
reconfigured - both acts manifestations of
ihe community's naw coneensus.
From 1976 to 1982, following a fre, the
‘Apostle Church in Hamburg-Eimsbaitel was
rebuilt: community ome, offices and a cat-
eter were inracuced. The agera theme
had already bocome manifest tore ton
years prior to the "Berliner Geeprache" in
ihe form of a sunken octagon with encicling
sealing stars, designed by Bernhar< Hirche
fs central envrance area, Yet while in Ham
burg # concteie celing deck separaies the
sanctuary on the upper lave! from the secu:
lar functions below it, a decade later in Bor
lin, mult-purpose spaces were creates for
‘worship and every conceivable form of com:
munity fe,
Tho term ‘city church" is bom, Although
there ‘sno precise definition ofthe term, the
Hollig-Kreuz-Kirche (Holy Groes Church} in
Barin-Kreuzberg comes to epitomize the
fly church. in 1682 the magazine “kunt
tnd kirche" dedicates an entire igeve to this
topic. Inene article, Horst Schwebel, at the
timo director ofan institution in Marburg
cedicated to contemporary art and architec-
‘ure in the church, describas tha churches
as buildings in which a ‘distinctive charac
teristie of religous - inclucing eceial anc
cultural ~ action is brought to bear’. Wassor-
torplet, a group of architects, developed
concept io accommodate such a variety of
[publ Tunctions: this was Implemented for
tho renovation ofthe Hollig-Kreuz-Kircho in
Berin (1981-96), The tloer plan, in wich &
Greek cross is ineeribed, makes the bulld-
ing appear at first glance to be completely
Uneulted to euch an intervention. Ani the
planners take a radical approach. They re-
‘move all ofthe fiings dating to the 19508
‘and the plaster covering the brick walls.
Discussion 380
Tho sanctuary — which originally hold 1600
worsh ppers and was sceled back after
YW) IIo eecommodata 800— hae boen
reinterpreted as central place of action
“The new focus is underscored architocturl:
ly by the iniroductian and placement of steel
footbriciges beneath the forceful dome,
Dalicate stool stairs connect the diferent
levels. Now glazed stee! elements create
‘separate roams ebove and below the gel-
lory. Farther up, atthe height ofthe clear-
glazed rosette windows, rows of sasting
have been insertad, In futur, Sunday ser:
vices will be held in the east transept
‘The chairs and the allar can be repositioned
land, when necessary, the latter can be
\whooled out. The attic space was furnished
with @ ridge skylight anc now holds an
open-plan office. A 27-motre-igh glazed
steel “tower” was erected to provide the
ssocond escape reue and also makes the
changes to the building apparent fromm the
fexarior. The contruction costs were
23.1 millon deutsche mark S40 _ Church Cowerslors Saeed Profane Sub-optnal
In 1996/96, tho Luttorkircho in Berin-Span-
‘cau (erected in 1895/98) was renovated
uo to the high costs (more than ten milion
deutsche mark], a design that had been de-
vyelaped for an arcatacrure competition hac
been rejected in 1981. A decign by the ar
chitect Dieter Ketterer was ultimately cared
‘ou. Aside from reducing the eanotuary in
‘size (now occupies about one third of the
‘space and accommodates 250 vieitore) and
‘adapting it to enable a variety of uses, the
alterations aded nine subsic:zea apart:
‘meri (si largor ones and three “fficion-
les") an the new upper level, and a meet-
ing centre, kitchen, sanitary facies, ane
‘commun office below them
49 StSebostan Man
Srohieets Bolus Ween
“Tho conversion Gost 7.6 million deutsche
mark. ln the publication "Kirchen in Net"
(Churches in Need), Gerhard Matzig states:
‘On the one hand, the apartments were cor-
tainly the most expensive in tha county, and
(on the other, the opportunity was missed to
‘come up witha better alternative to the re-
sultant ‘squaezed-in’ Tate with unfavourabla
lightng conditions in &lacetion that, for an
‘apartment building, is grotesquely aver-ox
posed.” With respect to bath economy and
histor preservation, a critical analysis
should be made of the conversion of a
Church into subsicised housing. But the
Lutherkitche in Berir-Spandau is not an ico
lated case. The use of large ehusches tor
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20106 DETAR.
housing purposes can oniy bo explained by
Invoking @ topic hat daminated the public
diecueeion in the 1990e: the apinese of tho
function
The appropriate use
IN 1969, following the 20th Gonterence on
Conetruotion of Protastant Churches, which
had been held in Wottenbutel onthe topic
‘The Gospol and Gulture", a taskforce pub-
lished recommendations for the congrega-
‘ion: “lffor econcmic cr ether reasons
churches can no longer be maintained or
Used for church-related purposes, they are
to be given an appropriate new use.”
To provide further assistance in ths mater,
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6,7 StChvistophoras, in Eesor Xray
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8 Stores paren chur in tne
Urontoctagh Moderserghass& Parner Be
Protestant districts, Catholc bishoprics, and chitect, accomplished this by placing au- wide acolaim in publications aé well as
conferences of bishops took up the issue cf | toncmeus structure along the nertnem nave mentions at events on this topic. But encth~
feptnese, but did not provide an explicit def- wal, The storey freestanding structure in- ox important aspect ie that inthis instance &
nition of it inthis context. A statement by the serted in the church is clad in wood louvers _parinership between the municipal govern-
German Bishops’ Conference: “Tha new use (ct waxed ana polishes ash) that contrast ment anche church ~ which nad sa often.
should not be in conflict with the charactor clearly wit the historic surroundings. Its been propagated ~ was achioved; in this
of the buildings " Public programs are gen- convex form brings tomind the hullota case, the cy and the religious communty
orally givan precedence. Iti tobe anon- oat. A.single-fightstal, which ie situated gstablished an organieation that managos
religious function, a cutwal use is named as between the new stucture and the historic the building ana rents space init. The costs
first cheice, This ie bewildering in light of the wal, serves ee circulation, A freestanding for the conversion wore also shared, The
fact thai, a the time of German reunification, elevator tover clad in perforated metal en- decisive issue: this project creates new
‘churches were to be glven up due talack- sures that the buldings is accessible to all space fer a municipal brary ~ @ cutural
ing funds. As a ula, however, cultural pro _visitors. Tho materials and construction program ~ bul, more importantly, also has &
{grams will nt bring in suficient revenue to methods of the new components contrast space for religious use. In other words, on
maintain the buildings. Alois Petz, Bishooric with the historc context. the scale of values, its an ‘unburdened”
Tiers superintendent of buildings, attempts The design and execution have recelved bull.
‘0 explain this phonomonon: “Conversions
fre also accompanied by problems that re-
late to Gestalt psychology and our subj:
tive sot of values. The extent of the conflict
fend measure of acceptance upon inraduc-
ion of new uses ie dependent on what sig
rileance the new use has in elation tothe
ld one."
tts human nature to make value jucigments
fend to priceti2e, and religious functions
have an especially high status. Accordingly,
‘churches are often converted into lbcares,
museums and concert halls - evan when the
bullings ere not particularly well suted to
such uses. In ight of this value judgement,
Uses related to art and cuture appear to be
‘eppropriste, and this ultmatoly tps the bel-
Tharofore it is not surprising that St Mary's
2 parish church in Mllncheberg, became &
‘textbook example of a successful edapta-
jon but, is, for a number of reasons, not @
sultable point of reference. Because it's 'o
ccatad in the naw states (in other words, the
tormer East Germany) * would also seem to
019 a¢ role modol fora solution fo prob:
lems specific to this region. However, the
cchursh had been reconstructed after tn
fall ofthe Berlin Wall. The new uses - public
lprary, communty hall, parish office ~ are
subordinate to the original function as par-
Ish church and occupy only about one this
ofthe floor area within the church's historic
stone walls Klaus bock, a Berlin-based ar- S42 _ Church Cowerslors Sacred Profane Sub-optnal
In 2006, the public discussion suffered a
significant setback when Eseen's Bishop Fe-
lix Genn announced that through the merg-
Ing ot Cathol communities in Essen, 98
buildings had lost their function as parish or
‘succursal churches anc would therefore no
longer regsive funding from the bishopric.
‘Amang these so-calles “surplus churches”
‘ara buildings of caneiderable ment, alang
wth renowned works of art for example, the
Holy Cress Gnuron in Betap by uct
‘Schwarz has a revered window spiral by
Georg Meistermann
Although experts had predicted this very et
tation for year®, a segment ofthe popula
tion bacame alarmed and was goaded on
by populist headiines in the daly press. And
yot these iseues were foresoeable, The
Bishopric of Ruhr ~ which was founded at
the late date ct 1955 -was harder hit by the
demographic change than otter conurba-
tions. Current prognoses assert that from
1962 t0 2020, the number of Catholics thore
will rap from just under 1.5 milion to about
750,000. On account of historical events of
the recent past, the Bishopric of Essen - in
Ccontrest to cher histerical shops ~ has
noithar a suficiont andowmant nor tho mar-
kKetable real estate that would provide adci-
tional income, But up to 2000, many:
In Germany ~ particulary in the non-practio
20106 DETAR.
Ing segment of the population — had be-
lieved thatthe surplus of churches was a
rmatior primarily affecting churches inthe
‘ast and Protestant ones. But that changed
When 2 Catholic diocese - in a western state
= publicly announced that it must part with
nearly one third of ts church buildings.
In the meantima now uses have been found
for some of them. The St Chvistaoharus
Church in Essen-Kray, designed by Wolt-
«gang von Charmer and Rot Dieter Grunc-
‘mann, was christened in 1964: reday # cen
tains the Bishopric of Esson’s central at-
chive. The church was decommissioned in
2008, anid ownership of the building ane! the
property t occupies was transferred tothe
bishopric, Tho renovation work, which was
carries ott vit the assistance of the archi-
facture frm Schoeps & Schldtor of Méneter,
lasted about 1.5 years. The planners placed
‘a smple steel structuxe inthe crthogonal
‘space. On three lavels a total of 140000 lin
fear metres of shelving wes provided. The
‘auxiliary functions ara intograted in the for
‘mer sacristy and the community rooms, The
renovation costs (2.1 milion eure) were
‘considerably less than projected inthe origi=
al budge (2.6 millon ewe),
196 inthe Bishopric of Essen
were decommissioned primeriy on account
of lacking funde, for the Gatholis Church ae
‘whole ~ which receives a legally mandated
fax ftom its members wheso total has in 18-
‘cont years baen on the rise =the reduction
of the number ef tullings it maintains can-
be explained as an economic necessity
‘That is why the church leaciorship has 2is0
moved away from this explanation and now
the true reasons: dwindling numbers of
worshippers and, above al, lack of priosts.
A glimpse atthe statistics of te Bishopric
of Essen ilusiates the growing problem. On
31 December 2072, ofthe 669 priests within
Its borders, including monastic preste, 212
Were in ratramant and 83 were not active in
the bishopric. Essen isnot an isolated case
{and those numbers are not particularly des
c= in fact, seen in comparison with the othe
DETAN 201504
oF dioceses, they are about average. Around
2005, a further option for the use of the
Churches ceme into play that cloarlythum-
nates the situation of both of the major rai-
jon: walle in the 19808 theca was @ can:
‘sensus that functions that bring now life to
‘the historic wails should be found, two dec
‘des later many are rasorting to using a for-
mer place of wership as a place of interment
~ an admission that these elructures iterally
have no fulure. Athough it may appear sen-
sible fem a variety of standpoints ~ for ex:
~mple, historic preservation, architecture,
fend art histor — using the churches as
ccolumbariais at best a lnk to the Chvistian
tradition. However, ts defintely notin keep:
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11.12 Marenerone Novbrandenburg
Srontonte Pos Samiron Aromiots
ing with tha origina mission of the church: to
spread the Gospel. t Joseph's in Aachen,
tho Al Sainte! Chureh in Erfurt, the Church
cf cur Lacy in Dortmund, St Coneac!’s in Mar
Hils, the Holy Family Church in Osnabri
the Sacred Heart Church in Hanover and tho
'StPaull Church in Soest are only the mast
prominent examples of this increasingly wall
established solution, From 2007 to 2008, the
Holy Cross Churci in Miiheim, one of te
96 surplus churches of the Bishopric of Es
fen, was converted ito @ eclumeerum. In
the process, the church leadership wanted
toensure that ther church bulling would
not become mersly & covered piace of bur=
fl A new name wih symbole meaning wes
Discussion 349
ssolacted: in a building in which the rasurec:
tion of Christ was proclaimed for forty years
(1967-2007), the intention is tht this space
become one in which death and if, as well
1s dying and being resurrecta, ara unde
stood in relation fo one another ~ in ow con-
temporary sociely and ou day-to-day Ines.
Thorefore the columbarium is also used ae a
venue for concerts, exhibitions and read-
ings, The former perish church wth hip root
and skiking tower situated in a residential
neignoourhcad! t was designad by Rudo
Buchner. A moandering bon running
‘along its walls eymbolses the ribbon of Ite: it
begine at the baptismal font, encircles the
umes, and completes is journey atthe ata.
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Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Klaus Englert
Architects: Neto Sabre Rrutectos
Throughout history, Las Palmae de Gran
Canaria ~ the capital of the Canary Islands ~
hae been confronted with catastrophes,
During the era of sea exploration, for exarn-
ple, pirates repeatedly attacked the city. In
the late fitoonth century, to protoct Las
Palmas trom pilaging, the test governor ot
the archipelago ordered the construction of
‘a fortress ~ Castilo de la Luz, That threat
subsided, but othors took is place. The
city was sacked, bumt to the ground, and
rebut @ pumoor of tres, The fortes
suffered a similar fate: it wasn't untl the
seventeenth century that, following ts #e-
construcion, # more peaceful era began for
It ip 1841, the builsing was placed on the
historic preservation rogitry; restoration
‘work commenced therestte.
Emotions wore stired once again eetlier
this year when Crown Prince Felipe and
his wile Letiaa vsited the Canaries’ oiaest
fortress, because Spaniards have grown
‘weary of the scandals embroiing the royal
family. And yo, the purpose of his trip
vas fo neugurate the Museo del Mar in the
Castillo ~ design by Enrique Sobojano
and Fueneanta Nieto finally completed
afier 2 14-year constuction phase with
the attendant ups and downs. The highly
sought-etter museum planners complet-
fe the frst phase of the renovation work
{and the slate-ot-the-art exhibition archi-
20106 DETAR.
tacture in 2004 (DETAIL English Eution
4/2008, p, 420")
By removing the soil that had acerued bo-
tween outer walls and the tower, Nieto So-
‘bene revealad same of the hidéen past ot
the medioval fortress. With their work at Ma~
dlinat al-Zahra, @ cty of the Caliphate of Cér~
doba, the architects had already succese-
fuly participated in recovering a building
that had, over the centuries, been sitered
‘beyond recogniten.
[At the Castlio they intrecuced white rein-
forced-concrata dacks to cover naw walk
ways. Light enters the spaces through sits
inthe conerete. In this manner they animat-
fel spaces that haci previously merely been
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Ebene ated en DETAIL is inviing submissions for the DETAIL Prize for the sixth time. The main prize
Te ee ee the DE IAL ze cua wl bo picket bY an intametonaly renew hed Ery/atile ie
dha square accompanying the fertass and winner of the Reader Prize willbe chosen by the readers themselves in an online voting
ect Mewar procedure, n both categories - the DETAIL Prize 2014 and the Reader Prize -, already
Ipod Guan cues aeses Nid e completed projects featuring innovative details within an overall coherent concept will
Sobojanoincortod a pavilon that oxtands in be honoured. The prize-winners will be announced in autumn 2014 and honoured in
part Belew groung It contains @ museum 2 formal awards ceremony in Beriin on 20 November 2014. DETAIL looks forward to
Shop, infrastructure and mut-purpoe:
space. The architects drew on their exper-
receiving numerous submissions.
(0 prota bic. East Jury
tire is stueted at a respect a ‘Wemer Frosch, Henning Larsen Architects, Copenhagen (Denmark)
Mos Dorte Mandrup-Poulsen, Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter, Copenhagen {Denmark}
from the mecioval fortes ever, the in
wrventons are intended to be 23
part ofthe background. n Gorebe is tho Valerio Olgat, Fims (Switzerland)
archaeological excavation, in Las Palmas. Enrique Sobejano, Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos, Madrid (Spain)
the mee oe sss. That is why they = Gerhard Wittfeld, kadawittfeldarchitektur, Aachen (Germany)
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shaped end enhanced by orestive women,
‘as museé of madernily and shapers of new
‘of ving, and as designers, patrons
mers and educaters. This exhibition,
m from NeNA's collection, celebrates
tho divorsty and vitality of the approach of
individual artists to the modam world, from
Loo Fuller's pulsating turn-of-the-century
per
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‘generated graphics at the vanguard of early
igital design in the 1980s. Hichiights in
clude the frst display of a new'y conserved
kitchen by Charlotte Periand with Le Cor
busier (1952) from the Linté «Habitation
Louis Kahn: The Power of Architecture housing projec; furnture and designs by Alvaro Siza: The Alhambra Project
Lily Reich, Eileen Gray, Eve Zeisel, Ray i
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chitgcture is the frst maicr retrospective of Brown; textiles by Anni Albers and Es: Site, the Alhambra palace complex ie &
9 an unprecedented and ci 1960s psychedelic concert posters by ‘southem Spain, The Portuguese architect | |
ively documented, from his early urban lery’s “graphics corner” first explores the ‘The exhibition. tilled The Ahambra Project, | | |
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his travels, which document his skilas an
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‘a fou-metre-high mocel tthe “Fundamentals” de towards a courtyard and ulimately to
cular ity Tower designed for Phi 2 main plaza and auteur, The show
iphia, 2s well as previously unpublished Titled Fundament presents Siza's designs through a selection
tim footage shot By Nathanial Kahn, Louis Koa haas, this yo of drawings, interviews and mede's, and
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Frank Getvy, Ranzo Piano, Polor Zumihor exhibitions tht attempt both io reconsituct Alhambra and the surrouncing landecep -
and Sou Fujimoto underscore the enduring how archtacture got where is today and to Siza described tas "the proiec
Signif\cance of kehn's wore speculate on fs fire es", adding! “Each pro
Boments of Architecture atthe Central Pavil- out this one is mythical
mn Museum, London, loa, pays close attention to the fundamen:
nti 12 October, b:
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cling, the roof, the cer, the wincow, the _lery, Wail am hein,
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Taking place across the various nati
‘Tho fret major rotrospective in France of the vilons, the exhibition Absorbing Modornly: Le Corbusier:
1014 shows the participating coun- An Atlas of Modern Landscape
work ofthe French-Swis architect and theo- 1914.
Tit, this exhibition presents nearly 300 of
nal works in @ staging dasigned by Tschurni
hhmeelt. Visitors can discaver hie mast in
portant projects, with the original drawings,
models, sketches and collages that
‘0 thot design process, The thomas situ
turing the exhibition explere a defintion of
rohitecture nat from a stylstic viewpoint,
bout from a series of conceptual arguments
‘hat have thet roots in cinema, larature, the
visual ats and philosophy
Unti 28 July, Centre Pompidou, Pars
vwew-centrepompidou.f
tries’ unique perspectives on the complex.
process ofthe erasure of national cha
Istcs in favour ef the alrmeet unive
tion ofa single modern language.
Ing moment ct crucial poitical tran:
tion, the exhibition Mondial at the Arsenal
adap:
looks at ltaly as a "fundamental" county,
‘completely unique but = certain fo
tures that make ita prototype of the current
moment
Until 23 Novernber, Giarcini and the Ars
alo, Venioe
wuarlabionnal
Tha exhibition reveats the ways in which
Le Gorousier observed andi imagines lane:
hrougheut his career ae an arc!
interior designer, att, city planner,
uniter and photographer, using al tho aris
techniques at his disposal. The exhibits
range trom his eary waterootours of Hay
Greece and Turkey to his sketches of India
‘na trom phatagrapphs taken during his jou
nays to models of his
Uni 12 October, ¢
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11 S181 ete Attic Extension in Edinburgh
Architects
Konishi Gaffhey Architects, Edinburgh
Project architect:
Kieran Gatiney
‘Structural enginaars:
Bunt Siena Structures, Edinourgh
Others involved in the project: see page 444
In Portobello, a conservation area of Ecin- solution Gonsidaring the fact thatthe pro
burgh, a Scottsh erchitact and a Japenese _jectis in such close proximity to more than
‘designer took on the challenge to davelap fifty listed eandstone-walled buildings,
a simple yel distinctive adaptation of a tra-__The main living level on the first storey con-
‘tional terraced house Ina seaside com- tains a Iving-cum-cining raom win open
munity brimming with heritage properties. kichen, as wall ae a bedroom, @ bathroom,
‘Ther addition to a two-storey structure is anda study epace that also serves as ante-
located on tha sireot with the town's highest room. 4 gta laads from the gtudy to tho at
‘concentration of sted buildings. tic. The later now holes the new bedroom
Elaborate negotiations wore necessary to with builin oloset and acjacent etorago
arrive ata solution acceptable tothe archi space,
tects, he client and the design review The idea was to crete a long dormer ~ al
board. The result: a wide dormer occupy most as wide as the building ~ that would
ing the rear sice of the house's pitched root provide, atleast on one side, a ceiling
that daubles the amount of useable floor height of 2.0 metres. A generous picture
‘space within the attic, The design is @ Bold window is Itegeatad in the cormer:trorn
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tho altic bedroom one has a panorama
\ew of the surroundings. Thenks to its
Western orientation, the wincow admits the
afternoon sun,
Pre-weathered zinc cladding gives the new
dormers exterior surface a dark grey tone
‘and ensures thet tis harmonically integrat-
adn tho texture of tho oxisting ete roof
‘The structural system of the new root exten=
sion wae erected entirely in wood beams,
The panorama window is bipartite, and
each part has a function of ts own. The
transparent fixed glazing has slander wood
profiles. Immediately aclacert to sa ver-
tiation each reminiscent of atraditional
wooden shutters,
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125m plastervears, painted 12.5mm lasterscad, parted Astley Castle in Nuneaton,
Witherford Watson Mann Architects, London
‘Stephan Withorford, Christopher Watson
Willam Mann, Freddie Philisson
Daniola Buoter, Joorg Maler, Lina Meistor
‘Structural enginaers:
Price & Myers, Loncion
Others involved inthe project: see page 444
Astley Castle eorved ae a place of res
‘cence for more than eight centunes: twas
frst chronicled in the t3ih century ee the
‘county seal ofthe Astley family. The oldas!
temaining walls date ta the 11th century;
‘over the years, numerous addltions wore
‘mage to that rectangular cere, In 1978, 8
ificant pat of the castle was destroyed
by fre. A nurnber of concepts seeking fo re
inetato its pro-fre state wore drawn up in the
1000s, but each of them was stymied by the
‘costs, And Se far more than three decadas
the wind and the rain further oroded the ru-
in. The soluton came in the form of an arch
tecture compatition, hosted by the Land-
mark Trust. Twelve teams were asked t0 de
volop designs for @ contemporary ac
mocation fr e:ght guests situated within the
ccasto's remnants, Emphasie was plac
the historic contoxt: the castle elands on a
shallow ridge, surrounded by @ hamiet with
a slender church and traces of maciaval
field systems and 18th century garcens. The
ving and sleeping spaces are now situated
in the castie's oldest part. The histor walls
are tied together by reinforced conereta in
tele, buttressed by new brick pias, and pr
tected by the new root. This makes th
ssbucturally sound, but the old wounds re-
main open, From & distance A stil gives the
impression of aru. The shell of two mag
hificent rooms dating tothe 1th ans 17th
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traneformad into open court-
yards. Instead of bearing frescoed caiings
thoy now frame a view to the sky. The walls
are crowned by a roo! of wood whose high
perfcrmanca, jcad-bearing siructure ro
hidden. The glazing that provides
views to the courtyard end its once magnit
‘cant Renaissance windows is aleo famed in
Weed, From a window in the living and cl
ing area — joceted on the upper level to ox-
pilot the view ~ one sees the church. Today
Astioy Cestie Is @ medieval rum lta under
00" heating and other amenities. Though
the masonry continues to crumble, for the
ime being, contemporery engineering has
Secured what remains ofthe castle
Documentation Z
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Architects
leonarcihautum, Munich/Berin
Kin Leonard and Lisa Heutum
‘Structural anginaers:
Gruppe Ingoniourbau, Munich
Others invalved in the proje
28 page dad
Most of the small “Horbergs cottagae" at tho
{oot of the Nocknerberg dat to the 18th anc
{sth centuries and were originally work
shops and residences. Today they are col
lectivoly ~ an “ensembie", as one says in
Gorman ~ on the historic preservation regic-
‘ny and are highly popular due to their
Unique atmosphere and proximity tothe city
‘centre, This stucture inthe second row was
‘erected a8 & carpenter's workshop in 1890
‘and later served as a dwelling until suc-
‘eumbad to fie inthe 1990s, The ruin is naw
part ofthe naw domicile. A narrow stair
leacs to the entrance. A numberof legal ae-
pects required clarification, and the con-
struction sit logistics presented the young
architocts wih a considerable chalongs: on
account the property's smell size, nether
8 rane ner a bulldozer could be used. The
home's addtional space - which was
carved out of he slope = wes dg out man
ual. The soil was removed irom tho sito by
the pall, Then Gemette-ong soi nals were
putin place to socure the stone, an tha
back side ofthe house was stabilised wth @
To-centimate-thick ayor of shotcrete. Al
salvageable construction matarals were set
fide and lator reuses. The compact, wo
sloray houso grows, as it were, cut cf the
cniginal workshop, The addition is cleery
recognisable as such - both inside and out
slo, Iwas executed inineulting exposed
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concrete. Tho uso of recyctod expanded-
glass agaregete coriributes to the warm,
comfortable atmosphere, The concrote an
velope isthe backbone of the house, both
technically anc stucturall:itholas al ct the
house's installations. The new design con
forms tothe original building envelope. To
attain more loty spaces, the floor level of
the older part of the house was lowered. The
‘now handorafted standing-ceem roof pays
homage to its predecessor. Rectangular
skylights dot the act eurtace: they are sire
tagizally placed to bring sunl ght into the in-
terior. This choreography of ight plays an
important part in counteracting the dense
built fabric and the nerinern orientation,
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Architects
‘Thomas Kroger Ari
Georg Bosch (project architec
Urs Waiter
Structural engineers:
‘Studio®, Berlin
Nicole S. Zahner
Others involved in the project: see page 444
fen, Bertin
way. detal,de/20145
The desire to livo and work under one root
motivated the client, a carpenter and prod:
x 7 ct designer, to move from Beri to th
t sparsely populated rural Brandenburg,
whore numercus vacant buileings avalt
naw uses, Thera, on the eastern edgo of
Gerswalde, 80 kilometres northeast of te
nd a motatworking shop that
in 1987 as partof an agricul
ie 500 m* eurface
area il furnished enough space forall of his
Fequiraments. The wells, orginally not insu
lated, ware refurbished, and the middie
: segment, which housed offices, was razed
YS > To replace it, the client wielded his craft
fang bulla generously glazed wood sr
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tro; it mediates in height and form - bo-
‘wean the two existing sbuctutes flanking i
nis clearly
h storage space, nearly
3s high; the two-storey presenta
and the low-stung living space.
The most strking visual ransfermation: the
‘envelope now makes the maseing appear
tomerge pe.
Greon corrugated metal gently wraps
{around the surfaces, begining atthe longi-
tudinal wails, ane eurves genty around
tho eaves on its way up the roof. Evan the
entrances and windows diseppeer behing
the material, which is perforated here and
‘made up, in part, of operable panels. The
{eyo pens
seal 400
9 facade are, in contrast, olad in
.gh-sawn bevelieg-siding, an element
vith @ long tradition in Uckermark — a reling
landscape known as the “Toscana of the
nortn* wnose documented history
back to the thinoanth contury,
‘Wood aleo plays an important part
the building: the curface treatment
ing of pine panels; the solid wood panaling
in the sleoping cove; end the nailed trusses
in the showroom, which give the space an
ic feel. A small palette of simple mate-
rials was combinad with a highly developed
sense for modelling space to transform the
agricultural workshop inio @ postc, prag-
ate building in a remote setting
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Eisleben
Architacture/Interiors
VON M, Stuttgert
Myriam Kunz, Dennis Mueller, Matthias
Seegort
Exhibition design
neo studio ~
Neumann Schneider Architekten, Berlin
‘Structural engineers:
Hipert Ingeniewe, Halle/Saale
Others involved in the project: see page 444
Itis an open secret that Martin Luther did
rot pase away in the designated “Death
Houso" on Andreaskirchplata. In 1546 his
lie journey din fact come to an ene! in
Eisloben, Sexery-Analt, the cy inwhich
he was bom in 1483, Both his place af birth
~ [ust 500 m away - and the house in which
he purportedly diad ara on the UNESCO List
‘of World Hertage Stes. In 1863 the Prus-
sian State erroneously purchased thie bulé-
ing when a chronicler mistook the residence
ct the Drachstect family, who were trienas of
the Luther famity, forthe sto of Martin Lu-
ther's death. Friednch August Rte subs
‘quently remodelled it and reconstituted the
‘original facace in the Neo-Gothie style,
Layout pans “Sectors Musoum eeucaton
scale 1300 bois
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“Thy yoars later, basod on the reports writ
ten at the time of Luther's death, Frecrich
Wiloim Wanderer introduced furnishings in
an attempt to recreate the scene. The “ne-
{etiating room” (an inharitance dispute was
tho reason fer Luthar's extended stay in
Eisleben), the “sleeping chamber’, and the
‘daath room” ara the core of the exhibition
Vistors can ponder the pall that covered
Luther's coffin, ae well as his death mack. In
‘addition fo designing the rectiinear b-oar~
‘he adettion, the architects returned the his
toric building fo its 18tr-century stato anc
restored the period fabric end turnture. The
addition’s facades - executed in grey-beige
bricks ina ireguler bond ~ comrespone
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harmonically with the oxisting walls. Togoth-
fer witn tne historic cutbuilaings, the ensem-
blo croates a protected courtyard that is in-
habited by amature oak tree. The tour
‘rough the museum bagins in the nev foyer
= whose floor is flush withthe surrounding
{ground level, An adjoining mult-purpase
hall opens toward the Curate’s Garden. In
‘addition, a large hall and accompanying ter-
race provide space for temporary exhib
tons. Continuing from this hall, one passes
‘rough a narrow pascage cia in wooden
louvers before entering the exising struc
‘ure. The celings of these spaces atternate
between lght-toned vaults and more int-
mate, darkctoned wiced panelling
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Kees Kaan, Vincent Pannuysen, Dikkie Scipio
‘Structural enginaars:
‘Aronsohn Raadgevends Ingenieurs,
Rotterdam
Others involved in the project: see page 445
Tho medical faculy ofthe Erasmus Univarsi-
4y is a campus mace up of several bulic~
Inge. About ten yoars ago a restructuring
project was inated. The university clinic's
rking highriee was des gnad by OD 20:
@ Dalftbaced architectura fir, The towar
iangular plaza that linked tho
different buidings. Each ofthese structures
originally had its own inettuction roams end
ibeery
Now, in this new version, al ef the facuty Ia
‘rastructure has been brought together in
fone bulging, and the square has become
contra hall covered by a glass roof, This is,
the new heart ofthe campus: sty areas
and locture halls aro situated on three lov
‘als, To achieve this the existing buildings
ware sirpped down nearly to carcasses,
and the floor plans were reorganised. The
fextrior stairs of the former ertrance ful
ing were transformed to interior siaits and
now lead directly to the renovated austtoia,
‘A gallery on the second storay connects all
four sides ofthe bulding. Large glass part-
tion walls along the claseroome allow light to
reach the ground floor. There the three rows
of study islands serve 2s meeting points ~
thoy are intanded to foster communication
‘among stucerts, Each of these ‘lands has
its own individual floorplan: floor platforms
and walls of diferent heights provide a var-
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aty of spaces with cifferant amounts of pri-
acy, allowing the stent to choese ac-
cxcingy
The monumental bockcase a the rear ofthe
space I framed by wo spa sarcases.
measures 35 metres in length and 11 me-
tres height, and, in accion to to kleme-
tres of sha space, supplies the spatial det
nian af the atnur’s back wall
‘Tho space is spanned by a root constnuc-
tion consiting of eteel members eupported
by the existing aintorcadt- concrete Situs:
tro, The combination ofthe deep criss-
cessing beams anc the angular glass
surface creates a spacious iniror baled
in daylight
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Ferruccio Bacolato, Stet
Vineet Pillai, Ancr
Structural engineers:
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Banziger Partn
Others involved inthe p
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to support the now onw
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tande tho enti height ofthe builaing, Wir
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Architects
‘ARGE Verus + Parner, Munich
balda architekien, Firstenfeldbruck
Team:
Maximilian Venus, Franz Balda, Roland
‘Schutzeneder (constuction managemert)
Siructural anginoare:
‘CHAP Ingenieurbro for Baustath,
Forstentfelcbruck
Others involved inthe project: see page 445
Qe
‘A schoo! bull in 1976 in a suburb of Munich
{and enlarged onits south side in 2004 re
‘qured now fire-safety meeeures, and the
_administation’s orginal goal was to imple-
‘mert them. Howaver, 2 thorough examina:
tion ofthe buiing revealed widespread
substancerd dry-corstruction details (e.6
those agioining the concrete rib floor
‘cecks), 28 well as asbestos contamination
in the facade and root, Therefere, inthe end
‘an overhaul was unavoidable, Today one
‘Goes not immed ately recegnise ~ nether
inside nor outside the building ~ that this
sseconcany school for about 1300 students
is a renovated bulking. The grey asbesios-
‘cement fecede board! was replaces by &
“warm” uilding envolope of larch, The ole
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vations now indigate which spaces aro situ
ates behind them: vertical louvers were em-
ployed for the walkways and the acministra-
tion spaces, and horizontal boarding for the
:wa clasercom wings. Tae windows i the
classrooms wore just a few years old and
were therefore redacquered, re-grouted and
reinstalled. Tha intaior matorials were r0-
moved, so that nothing mote then the bulla
ing carcees remained: this not only madi i
possible to widen the corridors (as required
by eurrent coclas), but also to attain erighter
‘soaces that fostar communication ~ 9.9. by
Using a chimney-ike daylighting system
‘The assembly hall was also remodelled: ite
Updated stage area is now fi fr lectures,
concerts and theatre performances. Fre
protection measures include: oncasing the
roof stucture’s stze! beams in concrete and
‘composi roof construction of recycled,
corrugated metal sheets accompanied by a
now layer of concrete. Thanks to the long
‘span roof beams, the team could relatively
‘easly full the clients wish - which wasat
‘oxprossed until mid-way through the Gow
struction phase ~ fo accommodate new
teaching concepts with open claseroome on
the upper level of the southerly classroom
wing, The overall casts amounted to £6 % of
‘2 comparable neve structure; the refurbish
ment has upgraded the building (trnow
rmgets contemporary energy-saving stend-
ards) and made it more flexible and condu-
cive to diferont ways of learning,
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ntetants From Forum Les Halles to Canopée -
‘Open-heart Surgery in the Centre of
Paris
Frank Kaltenbach
Other
Wolved in the projact: see page 445
The novelist Emile Zola call the twolve pa-
vilion-ike market halls that Victor Batard
builtin 1851 on a 5.6-hecter® site in the cen
tre of Paris the “belly of Paris". The ively ac-
tivty of te market, ns seants of fresh fut,
fish, and exotic spices, as wel as the lively
calls of the vendors, are all long gone. In
1969, the market was relocatod tothe po
‘ophery; four years later the cast-iron struc
ture wats demolished, The "belly" hed be:
‘come a “hear ith veine and arteries ~
‘hore three suburban lines and tWve rapid
ltansit lines intersect. Th siation, named
“Chitelet-Les-Halles’, is Europe's busiest
rapid-vaneit hub. In 1978, Les Halles, Per-
Is’ largest shopping centre, opened. To vie-
ually connact tha tree subterranean love's
vith the ground level, Claude Vascon’ and
Goorgas Pencroac'h cut afunnal-shapod
‘square out ofthe building massing. In 1988
the park - wihion is situated above @ swim-
ming hall designed by Paul Chemetov
‘completed. In contrast to the nearby Centre
Pompidou, which, withthe holp of its adjoin:
ing plaza, has bocome the public's favourte
‘examole of madetn architecture, the Forum
los Hollos wee never completely adopted by
the people of Pare: the Forum and park re-
mained separete entties, and the histoic,
stook oxctiange building ~ which had boon
the culmination of Baltarc's central ex's ~
was robbed ofits urban point of raforence.
{An invited cernpeition held in 2004 airned to
‘amend the situation, However, neither Joan
Nouuel's 22-melte-high, lushly planted view-
Ing platform: MVRDV"s extensivaly glazea
‘ground surfaca, nor Rem Koolhaas fold
Dccupiec by more then twenty colourful pyr
amid could garner the approval of the
heighbournood's rasicents. In 2007, a new
‘competion wih more realistic expectations
{or the re-canception of the complex was
hold. 1 forecaw a now bulding for tho Fo:
rum, an extension of the underground sub-
Urban station with adeftional entrangas, and
a redesign of the park. When the architects
Patrick Berger and Jacques Anaiumi pee-
sentod thet project, thay were intally mat
with ertci: "t's not spactacular enough!"
or it's much too large" The design by Bera
for and An2lut, whose office ie just a stone's
‘throw from the competition site, preva
ver anvies by Massimiliano Fuksas, Toy
ito, Paul Chamatov, and many others, bo
Cause i was the most senstive atthe scale
of the city, and responded tothe severe
constraints. Most importantly, twas deemed
technically feasible: during the ent three
year construction phase at ground level and
Inthe circulation epaces between rapia
transit and suburban lines, the shopping
centre with 600,000 customers each day
and the entire rail traffic must continue to
‘operate normally. In adction, the postions
of tha omorgency exits, scape routos, and
the temporary tunne!—which is traversed
daily, ight through the middle of the con-
struction site, by 100,000 pedestrians -
‘must all be adapted in three-month intervals
to the progress af the construction,
Allof he new structure's load-bearing walls
‘and columns, as well as the cranes and
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Void bow sunken courtyard 4 5/-901m
‘working platform, must adhere to the exit
ing 11 x 16mreinforced concrete grid, dat-
ing tothe 1870s, that i attuned ta the nu-
merous underground tracks and rooms.
Buulaing in the centre of Paris is one of the
‘most difficult places imaginable ~ the chal-
lenges are not only technological, but also
polial. Hora you aro always being
‘watches by the entre cty. If the project dis
pleaees any department, you have to expact
enormous delays, or the project might even
be scrapped entrely." Patnck Berger is weil
‘2cquainted withthe pitfalls of poltical dia
logue and theretore, tram the very begin-
ring, developed a project thal is distr
but, atthe same time, contlicttes to the
gratast possible degree.
The project's theme 's “Ganopée de Pars"
his refers to the 7600 mi glass roof placed
above the existing sunken courtyard, @
‘grand welcoming gasture, soto speak, ta
the Grand-Paris metropolitan region, inthe
flanking three-storey wings, the surface area
‘otis 10,000 rv of shops on the ground
Q son sia cores Forum Les Halles to Canone~ Ch
how Sutcery bs the Cone of Pais
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floor alone, Stated on the upper loves are
fa conservatory with broadeasting studios
(2600 r library (1060 mv), public re
hearsal spaces forthe performing ats, a
cultural cente for tne naaning impared
(1000 re), as well as a hip hop contre
(1400 mr. At the scale ofthe city, the new
Cconcopt reworks tho main diagonal rout,
also dating to the 1970s, that cuts through
the ste from the Church of SI Eustache 10
SaintJacoues Tower and reactivates the
visual relationship along the central axis,
pparallol fo the Seino: from Contre Pompidou,
below the new glass roo, through the park
tothe circular structure which was home to
the stock exchange (iis. 1~5). Berger's for.
‘mal vocabulary - anchored in the philoso
phy of Fre! Oto, in whase atfice he worked —
Is darived frem an analyse of al ofthe to's
diverse parameters. He cid no! “prescribe”
the forme a prior, but insteed as bette a
synthes| thom fram ifferen
Concitions present on the site. The flow of
pedestrian traffic, for exampl, led to tho
rounded comers of the wings. The letters
‘curved eves echo the surrounding man-
sard rool, but also limit the shading and
create a butfer zane between the bulding
and the sbuctures facing @ il. 9)
Arcot te a pangotn
‘A unfarm skin encloses root and fa
only the 4 50 mhigh display windows on the
und floor are not cloaked init. The two
wings have canilovering “awnings”; the root
surfaces are equipped with photovottaic
modules. The reef ever the open plaza
made up of larger canopy to the west and
‘a smaller one to the east. The larger cano
py’ structure consists of 15 fish beam
‘wih upper anc lower chords mage of et
tubing, vihich span betwoon box girders,
These girders run the lenath of the wing
buildings’ sourtyars facades, The emallor
canopy is made up of eight carilevered
brackets that are weldec tothe short midcle
sido ofthe diagonal sogments of the box
rders. The glass rao! protects the plaza
from rain end provides some sola
tion, To ensure that natural ventilation and,
in abe of fra, the natural smoke extraction
of the three storeys above ground and three
bbolow functione, he root eurface hae an
‘pen area of 90%. Akin fo class lo
fish beams are at 8.50 m intervals; their
slope corresponds to provailing winds and
becomes less slanted as it progresses from
the waetorn wave to the east. Comprassion
land tension rods connect the chras ana
prevent the louvers from ting, At the samme
ime, the span decreases from @6 to 45 m
(il. 7). The louver surfaces of he rat
ish beams are doublo-curved. These com
plex forms were attained by defining points
space that yield flat sub-suriaces ~ and
‘correspond ingly, staight cover steps ane
flat panas of glass can be amployed. Tho
curves ofthe overall form are attained
trough the diferent anglas ofthe second
ary structwe, A total of 18000 rectangular
‘and trapezcicel panes with maximum
‘mansions of 1260 mm x 1700 mmm cloak the
structure. The soale-Ike overlapping panes
aro hold in placo on thoir sido by cover
strins, and a hook on the lower edge se-
cures them against slippage (i. 13).
The glazing assembly i the frst of ts kine
and resulted trem a process in vihion eight
ms explored how to develop hanc-biowm
lass to arrive at a mature product that can
be sarially produced, The envelope's upper
most layer a 6 mm thick pane of float
glace with strong texturing: it caste shadows
that resemble small waves. The pane’s pro-
fling gives the glase a sensual materaly,
minimises glare, and reduces the vsibilty of
soling. A sand-toned ceramic paint was
teamed on to the uncerside of the upper-
‘most layer; the sie! members are painted
tha same sandy-yalow tone. The building
authonty approved the permanence of the
bbond of the paint with the FYB mambrane
that adhetes the uppermost pane toa 10
‘mim thick pane of toughened lowriron glass
for this specific application oniy, White fit
‘ing an me undersice ct the lew-ron glass
with coverage of from 14 to 45% is em:
ployed as needed to attain he required de-
gree of eolar protection, The flanges af th
‘cover strips underscore the sculplral quali=
Intaling the fish beams tem te st
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sof the glazing. In the roof plan the
scales are offset, so that instead of continu
‘us lines, a planar paltern is created, In tho
central axis, at the nacits, raineator from all
cf the louvers is directea Into one pipe: the
‘ator is orchestrated as 2 ca F
into a poo
Structural engineering
The box girders (croes-section:
1800 x 3300 mm) are made of steel plate
witha thickness ef 100 mm. The campiex
loads and strasses (nomen from the gla
louvers and the cantilevered brackets o
small canopy are bundled and directed into
‘the Box gjedere; from there they pass via
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sliding bearings into the stool structure of
the wings (il. 10), The steel supported by
the two wings weighe 1300 tons; tho glazing
and ils mounting an additional 860 tons. Ex-
sreme gaomatric precision wes necessary 19
position the entre load on the 10 x 10 om
nail bearings on the column tops of the ex
isting reinforced concrete ettucture - some.
thing lke siletos,
When originally erected, these members
ware intended for vertical oats only; al th
er types of loads had 10 be avoided. The
sloal structure ofthe lwo wings is therefere
executes as frames wth flexural rigidity hav
ing comparatively large cross-sections.
\ihie the structural gra atthe ends ofthe
\wing buildings i paralel tothe proporty
ling, inthe eastern part ofthe ste tis
‘oblique, which further improves the stillness
(il. 4). ire simulation showed that on ac-
Count ofthe thickness of tne steel, nether @
fire-retardant coating nor ather fre-protec:
tion measures would be neceseary
Incxder to compl atthe very least, he
steel structure and glazing during Mayor
Berrand Delanae's term af atfice, es many
‘as 450 workers were on site around the
clack sbe days per week. As is cornmon in
France, the preparation ofthe construction
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tha eame fr that will erect tho building; in
‘ths case, however, fourtaen architects em-
ployed by Bocger &t Anziut were o'90 pre
sent inthe construction ofice to check the
plans. To guarantaa tat me project be i
plemented in keeping with the architect's
etign, wo colleagues served as construc
ion supervisors. In addition to the existing
bulging ana the new Canopée, the super
ore hed a third structure, the size of an in-
dustrial hall, fo contend with: the staging,
\wihich covered the sunken square, and was
repositioned as the construction progressed
{il.6). Allof the possible access routes to
the construction site passed through pedes-
‘an zones; only one tuck at a time could
bbe aecommodatad. Each tuck frst had to
perk on Rue de Rivoli and then wait for not-
fication that it could proceed to the site. The
slgel tubing (elmost 1 metre in ciameter)
sed in the fish beams arived en stain
12.meire segmonts; then the segmanis
were connected on site with a preliminary
wold. Not until the complete beam was
mounted and dimensionally surveyed were
the walced connections completed, Noxt
the supports under the beams ware re
moved, ana the glazing was instalec
Outlook
In late Apri 2014, after a 21-month con
suction phase, the steel structure ans
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