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Wednesday, 1 December 2010

Hotel Forsthaus by Naumann Architektur

Hotel Forsthaus by Naumann Architektur

Stuttgart photographer Zooey Braun has sent us his images of this hotel in Ramsen, Germany, by Naumann Architektur, with tree trunks in guests’ rooms.

Hotel Forsthaus by Naumann Architektur

Called Hotel Forsthaus, the project involved converting a house in the woods into a hotel with eight guest rooms.

Hotel Forsthaus by Naumann Architektur

Each bedroom door is inscribed with a quote, telling a story related to the building.

Hotel Forsthaus by Naumann Architektur

Photographs are by Zooey Braun.

Hotel Forsthaus by Naumann Architektur

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Here’s a note from the architects (in German):


Stand das Gebäude auch Jahrzehnte im Dienste des Forstes, und war es auch als Forsthaus geplant und voll funktionsfähig, so ist dennoch der Wandel zum Hotel gelungen.

Hotel Forsthaus by Naumann Architektur

Ohne dem Bauwerk seine Seele zu rauben, ohne das Gebäude in seiner Grundsubstanz anzugreifen, aber auch ohne sich bei den Anforderungen an die Hotelnutzung verbiegen zu müssen. (Einzig für die notwendigen, gestiegenen Anforderungen im Brandschutz mussten kleine Eingriffe in die Substanz vorgenommen werden.)

Hotel Forsthaus by Naumann Architektur

Die Geschichte des alten Forsthauses geht eine Symbiose mit der neuen Nutzung als Hotel ein. So entstanden im Forsthaus selbst ACHT Gästezimmer, die sich weitestgehend in die Grundstruktur des Bestandes einfügen, aber nichts desto trotz eine eigenständige und angemessene Sprache sprechen.

Hotel Forsthaus by Naumann Architektur

Ein weiteres Zimmer befindet sich im ehemaligem Waschhaus.

Hotel Forsthaus by Naumann Architektur

Das Forsthaus selbst gibt auf den ersten Blick wenig von den erfolgten Veränderungen preis, die Schlagläden in Umbragrau, der Dachrand, die Fenster sind wieder frisch gestrichen, der Sandstein leuchtet wie jeher rot.

Hotel Forsthaus by Naumann Architektur

Auf den zweiten Blick vermag der Besucher jedoch Hinweise auf die Veränderung zu entdecken: ES WAR EINMAL… steht auf einem um die Ecke gefaltetem Blech in Umbragrau, AUF DER LAUER an der Stützwand und DIE ERDE STILL GEKÜSST an der dem Garten zugewandten Gebäudeseite.

Hotel Forsthaus by Naumann Architektur

Hinter dem Garten wird der ehemalige Nutzgarten reaktiviert. Betritt der Besucher das Forsthaus/Hotel, so begleitet ihn das Umbragrau weiterhin, der Eingang, erst einmal als dunkel zu empfinden, setzt Akzente mit Licht auf die Zimmertüren, der Boden wie gefallenes Laub oder lauter kleine Moospolster und die Treppe steht wie eine große begehbare Skulptur völlig unverändert.

Hotel Forsthaus by Naumann Architektur

Die Zimmernummern sind als Lesehilfe für die Zimmer jeweils mit einem Zitat, einem Bruchstück aus einem Text beschriftet. (Das alte Forsthaus wirkte in den einzelnen Räumen dunkel, die Fenster sind nach heutigen Maßstäben klein. Die dunkle Flurzone hebt diesen Mangel für den Besucher unbemerkt auf, er tritt aus dem Dunklen in die „hellen“ Räume.) Jedes der Gästezimmer folgt seiner eigenen kleinen Geschichte.

Hotel Forsthaus by Naumann Architektur

EINS dazwischen: „Der Lattenzaun mit Zwischenraum…“, weil das wesentliche weder oben noch unten ist. ZWEI im Wald: Wer wollte nicht schon einmal zwischen den Bäume nächtigen. Auf DREI: Man kann in Betten aufsteigen, die Gedanken steigen lassen, man kann aber auch als Fussballverein aufsteigen.

Hotel Forsthaus by Naumann Architektur

VIER um die Ecke: „Das also war des Pudels Kern …“ Manchmal muss man um die Ecke denken, um eine funktionierende Lösung zu finden, um hinter das Geheimnis zu kommen. FÜNF Farben weiß: Wer schon einmal ein Blatt weißes Papier zerknittert hat, weiß das weiß nicht gleich weiß ist. (Der Raum ist tatsächlich mit fünf unterschiedlichen Weißtönen gestaltet.)

Hotel Forsthaus by Naumann Architektur

SECHS Augenblicke: Ein Raum mit vielen Räumen, einen Blick hierhin, einen dorthin. „Verweile doch du bist so schön…“ WOLKE sieben: Was sich in seiner Schlichtheit als das inzwischen beliebteste Zimmer herausstellte. Die Gedanken sind frei.

Hotel Forsthaus by Naumann Architektur

ACHT Quadratmeter: Raum berechnet sich nicht nach Quadratmetern, sondern nach den Möglichkeiten, die er bietet. NEUN und noch ein Haus. Das ehemalige Waschhaus wurde zum neunten Zimmer, hier kann sich, wer mag, ganz in seine Einsiedelei zurückziehen.

Hotel Forsthaus by Naumann Architektur

Die Räume sind in ihrer Grundstruktur schlicht gehalten, die Materialien wie Douglasie- Dreischichtplatten, Betonkuben, massives Eichenholz sind einfache aber „starke“ Materialien. Der sparsame Einsatz von Farbe stärkt die zum Teil vom Bestand übernommenen Materialien.

Hotel Forsthaus by Naumann Architektur

Die klaren kubischen Möbel sind in fast jedem Zimmer mit Objekten und Möbeln kontrastiert, die aus der Betriebszeit des Forsthauses stammen. So kann auch der Besucher den Bogen schlagen und seine ganz kleine eigenen Geschichte des Forsthauses denken.

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Inside Installations by Joris De Schepper and Thomas De RidderInside Installations by Joris De Schepper and Thomas De Ridder French photographer Juli

Inside Installations by Joris De Schepper and Thomas De Ridder

French photographer Julien Lanoo has sent us these images of an installation by Belgian architects Joris De Schepper and Thomas De Ridder at S.M.A.K – Museum of Modern Art in Ghent, designed to give visitors an idea of the museum’s work behind-the-scenes.

Inside Installations by Joris De Schepper and Thomas De Ridder

A part of a series called Inside Installations, it focuses on what happens behind the scenes of an exhibition and the archiving process.

Inside Installations by Joris De Schepper and Thomas De Ridder

Located in a large open space in the museum, a plywood box has been built in the corner and is surrounded by shelving units used to display some of the equipment that’s required to prepare an exhibition.

Inside Installations by Joris De Schepper and Thomas De Ridder

The walls, ceiling and floor inside the wooden structure are covered with documents, photos, sketches and manuals relating to other installations being shown at the museum.

Inside Installations by Joris De Schepper and Thomas De Ridder

Photographs are copyright Julien Lanoo.

Inside Installations by Joris De Schepper and Thomas De Ridder

Here’s some more information about the project:


task
In an the 2010-2011 exhibition ʻinside installationsʼ the public should have a view on what happens behind the scenes of SMAK, more specific on the complexity of installation art.

Inside Installations by Joris De Schepper and Thomas De Ridder

questions
whatʼs specific about installation art? how to show information during the visit of an art exhibition? information as a negative of an art object which effort can we ask of a visitor, can we demand any effort at all? if thereʼs one thing weʼd want a visitor to understand and remember, even without actively visiting the information space, what would that be?

Inside Installations by Joris De Schepper and Thomas De Ridder

intention
we wanted to work with different accessibility levels to reach people who are interested and willing to do an effort, people who are not willing to do an effort but also people who are not interested. Using architectural themes (space, light, structure, texture and context) we tried to attract visitors and make things clear in an obvious way. we didnʼt want a didactic space. on the other hand we wanted to allow researchers and interested visitors to find detailed information. the visitors decide how much information they see.

Inside Installations by Joris De Schepper and Thomas De Ridder

solution
all information is being used as wallpaper for the documentation room: texts, photos, video screens, artist sketches, manuals, restoration objects. the information can be organized into 4 themes: research, conservation and restoration, exhibition production, package and transport.

Inside Installations by Joris De Schepper and Thomas De Ridder

All documentation is related to installations that are shown on the exhibition. entering the room visitors will quickly recognize the objects, thus linking it to what they saw minutes before. Essential is that all walls, including flour and ceiling are treated in a same way, as if the common museum space has been inverted, turned inside out.

Inside Installations by Joris De Schepper and Thomas De Ridder

The amount of documentation and the seemingly random organization represent the complexity of installation art. But when you look further youʼll start to find out that the shown information is organized, youʼll see repeating layoutʼs and document structures, discover video-interview with artists and glass-boxes with art-specific restoration material.

Inside Installations by Joris De Schepper and Thomas De Ridder

situation
located at the big central void of the museum, with views on the entrance hall halfway the visit of the exhibition, maybe a moment to rest and look around. not a flexible white box due to a lot of circulation space, but very interesting as a social meeting place during the exhibition. Two benches allow people to rest, talk and look into original documentation folders.

Inside Installations by Joris De Schepper and Thomas De Ridder

construction
The room is constructed with industrial shelves and plywood. The paper (laserprints) at the inside is finished with glue and varnish. The outside doesnʼt have any finishing: the shelves, tv-sets, dvd- players, boxes containing restoration material and cables are all left visible. At some point the shelves are removed to make space for a bench (including red cushions). With some leftover shelves and plywood another, bigger bench was made next to the void.

Inside Installations by Joris De Schepper and Thomas De Ridder

architects
We are Joris De Schepper and Thomas De Ridder, both architect. We studied at Sint-Lucas Architectuur in Ghent and work as architect since 2008.

Inside Installations by Joris De Schepper and Thomas De Ridder

Holiday Cabana at Maduru Oya by Damith Premathilake

Lake House by Damith Premathilake

Photographer Logan MacDougall Pope has sent us his images of this lakeside retreat in Sri Lanka made using a stray shipping container and timber from weapon boxes.

Lake House by Damith Premathilake

Holiday Cabana at Maduru Oya, designed by Sri Lankan architect Damith Prematikake, sits on an army training camp surrounded by jungle and faces onto a lake with mountains beyond.

Lake House by Damith Premathilake

The dwelling is made only of materials found on-site such as timber from weapon boxes and railway sleepers.

Lake House by Damith Premathilake

Built for a lieutenant, it was constructed without skilled labour, employing soldiers under the architect’s instruction.

Lake House by Damith Premathilake

All photographs are by Logan MacDougall Pope.

Lake House by Damith Premathilake

Here’s some more from the architect:


Holiday Cabana at Maduru Oya

The architect handled the renovation project at ‘Maduru Oya’ Army Camp where the training school for Special Forces of the Sri Lankan army is located. The camp is surrounded by jungle and faces the lake front of Maduru Oya.

‘Maduru Oya’ lake front was is the back drop with a range of mountains making the contextual enclosure towards the land side of the camp. The visual axis towards the mountain range takes the visitor’s mind into different settings due to the water of the lake front, the solid mountains with the green belt under a canopy of blue sky. It is an inviting place to relax.

Lake House by Damith Premathilake

While the architect & the client were having a discussion on the renovation project near the lake front, the client did not forget to talk about the tranquility of the surrounding setting. The discussion took place an idealist setting, endorsing the need to enhance architecturally a place for relaxation with the lake front.

There were some containers abandoned after the war. They were lying without being made use of. The containers with their enormous interior space could provide the architect an excellent opportunity to design a setting using them as part of the created space.

Lake House by Damith Premathilake

The conceptual sketch was done by the Architect considering all the natural and man made elements already available in the setting. The Client was advised to find the material such as timber strips form the old bunkers and weapon boxes, old used ‘H’ irons, rods, used railway sleepers for the interior and exteriors. The idea was to create the space using the available resources within the surrounding environment.

Lake House by Damith Premathilake

But the most challenging task in this scheme was to create a resting place that could enable the visitor to experience the environmental quality and the space without making any interruption or damage to the existing natural ambience. Further, there was no trained skilled construction team undertake the project to make it a reality except the soldiers’ who were in the camp. The architect must ensure that the soldiers are able to transform the imagined abstraction into reality.

At the end holiday cabana at Maduru Oya became the ideal destination for the traveler seeking a relaxing and rustic vacation by specious, quiet, and tranquil.

Lake House by Damith Premathilake

Holiday Cabana at Maduru Oya
Principal Architect: Damith Prematikake
Associate Designer: Anil Arumpura
The total Project area: 700 Sq.ft
Project Period: One month
Client: Lieutenant Colonel Chandimal Peiris (SF Camp – Maduru Oya)

Casa Areia by Aires Mateus Architects

Casa Areia by Aires Mateus Architects

Dezeen are in Venice for the opening of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2010 where Lisbon firm Aires Mateus Architects are exhibiting these houses with sandy floors, photographed by Nelson Garrido.

Casa Areia by Aires Mateus Architects

Called Casa Areia, the project comprises seaside accommodation made of wooden frames covered in natural fibres.

Casa Areia by Aires Mateus Architects

Sand covers the floor in the kitchen and living space, connecting them to the beach and landscape outside.

Casa Areia by Aires Mateus Architects

Bedrooms are housed in separate structures.

Casa Areia by Aires Mateus Architects

The Venice Architecture Biennale runs 29 August – 21 November 2010.

Casa Areia by Aires Mateus Architects

Here’s some text about the Casa Areia project from Garrido:


This construction is composed by 4 little houses in a place near the sea.

Casa Areia by Aires Mateus Architects

They where reconstructed with traditional methods using wood and a traditional stem.

Casa Areia by Aires Mateus Architects

This project was build on the sand that is a natural and abundant material that was transported to the interior of the common places (the living room and the kitchen) giving this way the connection between the environment and the new and totally integrated construction.

Casa Areia by Aires Mateus Architects

This is the most spectacular on this project, being on the living room with your feet on the sand, this is a totally comfortable construction even with warming floor that warms up the sand.