ARCHITECTURE >>> Argyll House & Atelier par D-form
Le projet Argyll House & Atelier à Edimbourg par D-Form aborde un cliché architectural – une maison et un lieu de travail pour un couple professionnel moderne. Tout d’abord et étonnamment aussi, c’est une des premières tentatives dans l’histoire d’Edimbourg moderne. Cette création sort de la ligne architecturale de la capitale de l’Ecosse, les fameuses « architectural box » pour en faire un espace dynamique, adapté à un site étroit (entre deux batiments) qui se démarque du paysage urbain. Un extérieur décalé qui va de paire avec son intérieur.
The Argyll House & Atelier project in Edinburgh tackles an architectural cliché – a home and workplace for a modern professional couple. First and foremost however (and surprisingly too), it is one of the first attempts in the history of modern Edinburgh, to break-out of the ‘architectural box’ the Capital of Scotland seems to have confined itself to. Not exactly a strategy but perhaps a passage out.
The location selected for the project is in Fountainbridge – most famous for its brewery, Union Canal and for once being home to Sean Connery himself. Fountainbridge is currently undergoing a lengthy regeneration programme, which has recently slowed due to the economic crisis. Although the site is situated on the border of a charming residential area of Polwarth, being on the outskirts of the Fountainbridge revamp plans, it still lacks the quality which in the near future it will be surrounded by.
