Raamland
Book chapter, 2024
A visit to Raamland unfolds in a sequence of spaces, framed views, and elements. When entering through the wall on Sint-Obrechtsstraat, one is immersed in an ambiguous open-air space, somewhere in-between a wild garden, a construction site, and a domestic interior. Indigenous vegetables, herbs, and berries surround a set of elements that support a variety of activities, including a campfire set in an open hearth, a long table for dining and conversation, and a grand central compost. A framework facing the garden is clad in a white fabric, a leftover found at the Triennial's warehouse, that acts as an abstract canvas for these elements as well as for found windows and doors, each with its own distinct materiality. A detached roof creates a space protected from wind and sun.
The project investigates where and how used building elements and materials in and around Bruges are handled. What is the value of something once it is deinstalled? What is being saved and what is being wasted? Considering a range of different categories of material, the project imagines an architecture of multiple origins and temporalities. Window blinds from a luxurious villa, sheet metal panels from an abandoned dance club, a grand mantelpiece in stone, debris from demolition sites and industrial recycling centres, as well as material from previous triennials. When assembled, they emphasise that the architecture of the city is "live" - that it is an assemblage undergoing slow but constant change.
pavilion
Reuse
urban renewal
Author
Daniel Norell
Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Architectural theory and methods
Einar Rodhe
University of Arts, Crafts and Design (Konstfack)
Futuring Spaces of Possibility
128-135
9789464987188 (ISBN)
Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)
Architecture