SO-ILとFREAKSによる、フランス・マイゼンタールの文化施設「Site Verrier de Meisenthal」です。 18世紀築のガラス工場を改修した博物館等を内包する施設です。建築家は、産業遺産との対話と施設の主体性の定義を目指して、ガラス製造を暗示するRCのうねる造形で建物を一体化しました。そして、中央空間は自由度の高い公共広場として機能しています。
Hidden in the bucolic landscape of Northern Vosges Natural Park, Site Verrier de Meisenthal is a publicly funded active cultural center in a historic glass factory dating back to the 18th century.
Three independent yet interrelated institutions: the glass museum (Musée du Verre et du cristal) – a living memory tracing the history of glass at the site; the CIAV (Centre International d’Art Verrier) – an international glass art center where traditional craftsmanship meets contemporary practices; and the Cadhame (Halle verrière) – a multidisciplinary cultural space hosting art installations, happenings and concerts are sited at varying floor levels. Our intervention unifies them to define a contemporary institutional identity in dialogue with an industrial heritage.
An undulating poured-in-place concrete surface alludes to glass production as it unites the buildings. The surface functions as roof, ceiling, and wall, connecting the buildings’ ground floors to frame a public plaza. New functions are sensitively introduced under and over this surface, including offices, workshop areas, a cafe and restaurant.
Existing building functions are reimaged and extended: the factory hall is given a new entrance on a previously unused basement floor and a 500-seat black box theater that can be reconfigured as a theater with standing room for 700 or opened into a concert hall for 3,000.
The new public space heightens civic awareness of the historical site and also introduces a highly flexible venue for outdoor theater, concerts, and seasonal festivities.
■建築概要
Client: Communauté de communes du Pays de Bitche Location: Meisenthal, France Program: Cultural center, visitor center, black box theater, art storage, offices, workshop areas, classrooms, cafe, restaurant, bar, music studio Area: 6,500m² / 70,000sf Status: Completion expected in 2021 Team: SO—IL: Florian Idenburg, Jing Liu, Ilias Papageorgiou, Lucie Rebeyrol, Ian Ollivier, Seunghyun Kang, Pietro Pagliaro, Danny Duong, Antoine Vacheron FREAKS: Yves Pasquet, Cyril Gauthier, Guillaume Aubry, Bertrand Courtot, Axel Simon ─── Consultants: Architects: FREAKS architecture Project Manager: LFA Structural Engineer: MHI Scenography: dUCKS Museography: Designers Unit Cost Estimator: MDETC Acoustic: Peutz Planning Manager: C2Bi
