URBAN MINING in Markgräflerland
Dealing with existing structures will be one of the most important tasks in Germany and Europe in the coming years and decades. Recently, we offered a reality-based deconstruction-workshop which consists of two parts. Based on this small project, we trained important techniques and basic principles with the aim of realizing the students design ideas.
The first part was a deconstruction workshop of an existing wooden barn in Ehrenkirchen near Freiburg in December 2023. The structure has been dismantled and stored. Before that, the dismantled wooden parts have been measured by students who afterwards set up a digital material depot. This way, they’ve learned how to create simple material passes as a basis for new design.
In a second part, the students are asked to design a storage and service building for the sports club in Ebringen, using the parts obtained from the deconstruction. The original building burnt down a few years ago, but the remains are to be preserved and integrated into the design.
We are very excited about the design presentation next week!
Below please find some impressions from the first part:
