Un autre projet perdu ?
July 27th, 2008
A year ago we had the great opportunity to be introduced to a famous painter. He needed help to transform an old industrial space into his new, equipped, atelier. We took the task very seriously: we flew over to visit the building and receive his brief, we set up a deadline and we even started a language course to facilitate the communication with our new ‘potential’ client.
We worked intensively and we presented a consistent design proposal with architectural drawings, diagrams, collages and a 1:50 scale model.
After a neverending wait for a longed-for phone call that has never arrived, we have now decided that this is another lost project.
This painful achievement enables us to publish, after more than a year, the outcome of our work.
Places, names and details about this project are deliberately omitted in order to preserve the privacy of our ‘missed’ client…
Architectural drawings
The design proposal was first described through a set of architectural drawings in 1:200 scale featuring the new elements inserted and organised into the existing space. Each element hosts one or more functions as requested by the client’s brief.
Lower level plan
Upper level plan
Longitudinal sections
Cross sections
Collages
The new elements were conceived as small buildings and the existing industrial environment was treated as an architectural landscape. The atmosphere and the character of the transformed space were depicted and communicated in a number of collages. Some collages were manipulations based on the actual photographs of the building…
the canvas archive
toward the entrance of the atelier
toward the canvas archive
… while other images, based on a simple digital 3d model, were completely ‘artificial’ and much more abstract, but still very useful to describe more precisely the space inside, outside, above and around the new constructed elements of our project.
the mezzanine above the canvas archive
inside the suspended atelier for watercolors
interior view of the kitchen
the garden toward the artist’s office
the garden toward the kitchen
inside the artist’s office
toward the garden
Physical model
A 1:50 scale model has been built to allow ourselves to understand the proportions of the new inserted elements and their effects and implications on the natural light inside the building. The maquette has also proved to be very useful during the discussions with the client that followed the presentation of our design proposal.
Design team
Lorenzo Bini, Francesca Murialdo, Marco Di Nallo, Roberta Pezzulla, Dora Pugliese, Emanuela Ragazzoni
Tags: Contemporary Art, Industrial building, Paris, Refurbishment