Tolila+Gilliland

Mosquito Coast Factory

Tolila+Gilliland | 12. May 2016

PROJECT DETAILS

Client

Mosquito Coast Factory (Benoit-Marie Moriceau)

Area (SHON)
517 m²

Cost of work
350.000 euros HT

Duration of the study
8 months

Duration of the work
5 months

Materials
Structure and cladding in galvanized steel. 
North Facade in polycarbonate panels (Danpalon)
Floors in waxed concrete

Photo: Philippe Ruault (All photographs courtesy of v2com)

The question posed by the client/artist was the possibility of a cultural island in an industrial site, the concrete fabrication of a utopic site for living, research and production. The architectural response is the result of a research towards a vocabulary of elements which could give meaning to this ambition.

Photo: Philippe Ruault
Photos: Philippe Ruault

The cubic mass of galvanized steel in echo with the industrial façades of its environs; the monumental doors, only barely perceptible, sliding to disappear into the interior; the systematic organization of functions; the repetitively of interior grids; the modularity of uses, the potential framework provided for the artist’s future experimentations; the expression of the raw nature of materials; the desire for details precisely drawn; the effect of surprise in each sequence of discovery; the great central nave and its lateral storage cells; the platform for exhibitions and the platform for living/sleeping; the affirmed symmetry, reinforced by two monumental stairs; the strong sense of place; the soft diffusion of light from the north façade in reference to artist’s studios of the last century; the doors which open onto the landscape beyond; the simplicity of plan and the economy of means. It is with the sum of all these elements that I imagined this place, inhabited and full of life. This is not a shed. This is an island. 

Photo: Philippe Ruault
Photo: Philippe Ruault
Photo: Philippe Ruault
Photo: Philippe Ruault
Photo: Philippe Ruault
Drawing: Tolila+Gilliland

PROJECT DETAILS

Client

Mosquito Coast Factory (Benoit-Marie Moriceau)

Area (SHON)
517 m²

Cost of work
350.000 euros HT

Duration of the study
8 months

Duration of the work
5 months

Materials
Structure and cladding in galvanized steel. 
North Facade in polycarbonate panels (Danpalon)
Floors in waxed concrete

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