Typology Installation
Location: Volos, Greece
Status: built
Date: apr. 2023 (2 weeks)
Layers of Permenance, Workshop
Keywords: reuse, design for deconstruction, (anti)monument
Isn’t every building essentially a material depot? This is a temporal craftsman´s workshop within an abandoned concrete structure. Constructed by reused brick, wood, iron, and elements such as windows and shutters. A layered space, reviling every element of the construction. No screws or nails, just the interplay of layering, tension, and gravity combining the elements. Making it possible to disassemble the space. This approach is rooted in the understanding that every building is a material depot, bridging the past, present, and future. As a naos, the space is letting the concrete skeleton breath, making this (anti)monument a temporal space.
A design & build workshop looking at how to employ salvaged building elements in the (re)use of existing structures in concrete. Hands-on experimentation in international groups via component studies, physical models, construction mock-ups, and full-scale prototypes to explore how reclaimed materials can be combined to activate the otherwise vacant building stock to host ephemeral spaces.
