Habits and Contradictions: Donkwall 5 & Peterstrasse 19 - 21, Kempen, North Rhine-Westphalia
With their playfully pragmatic design for Donkwall, Sebastian Treese Architects has shown a possible way of building in the context of a medieval town while fulfilling the economic requirements of contemporary urban redevelopment. The project as built is informed by and adapted to the old town of K...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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INTBAU Spain
2022-11-01
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| Series: | Journal of Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism |
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| Online Access: | https://www.traditionalarchitecturejournal.com/index.php/home/article/view/584 |
| Summary: | With their playfully pragmatic design for Donkwall, Sebastian Treese Architects has shown a possible way of building in the context of a medieval town while fulfilling the economic requirements of contemporary urban redevelopment. The project as built is informed by and adapted to the old town of Kempen, and its deliberate contradictions and inconsistencies are a sincere response to the pre-existing scale.
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| ISSN: | 2660-5821 2660-583X |