Past to future
La grande carrière wincqz
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Past to future
La grande carrière wincqz
Book details
- ISBN :
- 978-2930451-42-8
- Year :
- 2022
- Cover :
- soft cover with double flap
- Size :
- 20 x 26 cm
- Pages :
- 216
- Languages :
- Fr Nl
This book documents the conversion and restoration project of the Grande Carrière Wincqz in Soignies, Belgium. Built in the 19th century to excavate the world-renowned Belgian blue stone, today, the quarry is home to an ambitious project: the Pôle de la Pierre, a training centre specialising in the stone industry.
Architects Isabelle Toussaint, Matteo Robbiglio and Patrick Bribosia have adopted an architectural stance based on respect for all the archaeological and industrial traces of the site. They place particular emphasis on the contemporary interventions, which should be clearly identifiable while simultaneously harmoniously incorporated into the existing environment.
The book covers the transformation of the site in three essays:
- a photographic essay by Marie Noëlle Dailly exploring the interior and exterior spaces and landscapes of the transformed site; a conceptual essay inscribing the Soignies project in the more general context of the reuse of industrial heritage; a graphic essay that reconstructs the transformation of the site as a process of place-making as well as a collective process of meaning-making by means of documents, photographs of the construction phases, drawings and sketches.