Post by account_disabled on Feb 19, 2024 2:21:20 GMT -7
Located on the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, near Basel, the Tane Garden House by Paris-based Japanese architect Tsuyoshi Tane, founder of Atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architect (ATTA) , is the latest addition to a unique ensemble of contemporary architecture.
Unlike Vitra's sprawling production buildings, dynamic museums and other architectural wonders that can be found scattered around the campus, Tane's building is, by design, much more humble in comparison. Built by local craftsmen using locally sourced sustainable natural materials, the small pavilion feels primitive and yet blends in harmoniously thanks to its timeless geometry.
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A potent symbol of a sustainable future, the building is also one of the most personal projects on campus, as the idea for the garden pavilion came to Tane while listening to Vitra President Emeritus Rolf Fehlb Special Data aum speak about his memories of childhood of the fields in which Vitra Campus can be found today.
From factory buildings by Álvaro Siza , Nicholas Grimshaw and SANAA, to Frank Gehry 's Vitra Design Museum , Herzog & de Meuron 's VitraHaus and Zaha Hadid's fire station , to pavilions by Jean Prouvé , Tadao Ando and Renzo Piano , Tane joins a long list of high-profile architects whose buildings grace the Vitra Campus.
Inaugurated during Art Basel in June, Tane's pavilion encapsulates its guiding concept of 'Archaeology of the Future'. “I believe that a place will always have memories deeply rooted in the soil and history,” explains Tane, “and that this memory does not belong to the past, but is the driving force that creates architecture.”
Designed primarily to store gardening tools used by the team in the adjacent Oudolf Garten, the 15 square meter pavilion can also host workshops for up to eight people. It is also useful for Vitra employees who care for the bees on campus and for those who work in the orchard that is currently being created next to it. Additionally, an observation deck offers visitors a 360-degree view of the sprawling campus.
contemporary architecture house
Designed with 'shallow' materials such as straw , stone and wood, and with an octagonal footprint, Tane Garden House's elemental form and primitive sensibility speak to the timeless forces that shape architecture. Located near Richard Buckminster Fuller's futuristic dome and Kazuo Shinohara 's iconic Umbrella House , designed in 1961 as a modernist take on traditional Japanese architecture, it also opens an architectural dialogue between the past, present and future.
Unlike Vitra's sprawling production buildings, dynamic museums and other architectural wonders that can be found scattered around the campus, Tane's building is, by design, much more humble in comparison. Built by local craftsmen using locally sourced sustainable natural materials, the small pavilion feels primitive and yet blends in harmoniously thanks to its timeless geometry.
contemporary architecture house
A potent symbol of a sustainable future, the building is also one of the most personal projects on campus, as the idea for the garden pavilion came to Tane while listening to Vitra President Emeritus Rolf Fehlb Special Data aum speak about his memories of childhood of the fields in which Vitra Campus can be found today.
From factory buildings by Álvaro Siza , Nicholas Grimshaw and SANAA, to Frank Gehry 's Vitra Design Museum , Herzog & de Meuron 's VitraHaus and Zaha Hadid's fire station , to pavilions by Jean Prouvé , Tadao Ando and Renzo Piano , Tane joins a long list of high-profile architects whose buildings grace the Vitra Campus.
Inaugurated during Art Basel in June, Tane's pavilion encapsulates its guiding concept of 'Archaeology of the Future'. “I believe that a place will always have memories deeply rooted in the soil and history,” explains Tane, “and that this memory does not belong to the past, but is the driving force that creates architecture.”
Designed primarily to store gardening tools used by the team in the adjacent Oudolf Garten, the 15 square meter pavilion can also host workshops for up to eight people. It is also useful for Vitra employees who care for the bees on campus and for those who work in the orchard that is currently being created next to it. Additionally, an observation deck offers visitors a 360-degree view of the sprawling campus.
contemporary architecture house
Designed with 'shallow' materials such as straw , stone and wood, and with an octagonal footprint, Tane Garden House's elemental form and primitive sensibility speak to the timeless forces that shape architecture. Located near Richard Buckminster Fuller's futuristic dome and Kazuo Shinohara 's iconic Umbrella House , designed in 1961 as a modernist take on traditional Japanese architecture, it also opens an architectural dialogue between the past, present and future.