Tolila+Gilliland
Mosquito Coast Factory
Tolila+Gilliland
12. Mai 2016
Photo: Philippe Ruault (All photographs courtesy of v2com)
"Ceci n’est pas un hangar. Ceci est une île." This is not a shed. This is an island.
The question posed by the client/artist was the possibility of a cultural island in an industrial site, the concrete fabrication of a utopic site for living, research and production. The architectural response is the result of a research towards a vocabulary of elements which could give meaning to this ambition.
Photo: Philippe Ruault
Photos: Philippe Ruault
The cubic mass of galvanized steel in echo with the industrial façades of its environs; the monumental doors, only barely perceptible, sliding to disappear into the interior; the systematic organization of functions; the repetitively of interior grids; the modularity of uses, the potential framework provided for the artist’s future experimentations; the expression of the raw nature of materials; the desire for details precisely drawn; the effect of surprise in each sequence of discovery; the great central nave and its lateral storage cells; the platform for exhibitions and the platform for living/sleeping; the affirmed symmetry, reinforced by two monumental stairs; the strong sense of place; the soft diffusion of light from the north façade in reference to artist’s studios of the last century; the doors which open onto the landscape beyond; the simplicity of plan and the economy of means. It is with the sum of all these elements that I imagined this place, inhabited and full of life. This is not a shed. This is an island.
Photo: Philippe Ruault
Photo: Philippe Ruault
Photo: Philippe Ruault
Photo: Philippe Ruault
Photo: Philippe Ruault
Drawing: Tolila+Gilliland
PROJECT DETAILS
Client
Mosquito Coast Factory (Benoit-Marie Moriceau)
Area (SHON)
517 m²
Cost of work
350.000 euros HT
Duration of the study
8 months
Duration of the work
5 months
Materials
Structure and cladding in galvanized steel.
North Facade in polycarbonate panels (Danpalon)
Floors in waxed concrete