Archiprix International 2001
Faculté Polytechnique de Mons, Unité d'Architecture - Mons, Belgium
Alverdin Mathieu
Tutors: Hugues Wilquin, Alain Dirix, Winston Spriet
The design catalogue is a platform to create different mixtures of picture and object. The impressiveness of the main castle is an analogy to the inflated fuel station. The rather ruinous castle 'Löwenburg' provides the body for the service area.The project is an investigation in making a building site-spezific without using 'decorated sheds' in the postmodern sense. I designed a service station in the middle of Germany. The nearby town of Kassel is famous for the impressive park Wilhelmshöhe. My work consists of a design catalogue, tablecloth, light box and a CD. The installation tries to point out how captivating architecture is usualy presented