Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Cultural | Sports and Convention Centre | Les 2 Alps | Herault-Arnod Architectes
The request of the client was clear: the project should be in a register "traditional", knowing that what is currently considered the traditional architecture of the Alps is actually a compilation of kitsch most diverse regional styles. We have been very reluctant to accept the conditions of the order, completely outside our usual areas of interest. Rather that the leak we decided to head on issues of kitsch and decor that are the reality of contemporary construction in the mountains, so that even modern functionalist architecture of the stations is gradually dressed in veneer stone and carved wood..........more