Set in a former print factory this intervention within existing industrial building explores the boundaries of use and re-use as a design brief.
Originally built as a single story structure in the 40's, the building went through an aggressive intervention 15 years later as a second floor added to it. As a result of the addition the building was completely altered as a new staircase was added, the space was divided by new walls and un-regulated openings were torn in the main façade as ad-hoc solutions to particular lighting and ventilation issues.
The chosen design tactics is aimed directly to re-emphasize the uniqueness of this over-looked and seemingly 'banal' building, while refusing the romantics of 'renovation' as well as the violence of 'erasure'.
