法國莫瑟爾 梅桑塔玻璃廠文化中心
In the rolling hills of bucolic Northern France, Site Verrier is a publicly funded cultural center in a historic glass factory dating back to the 18th century. Our intervention unified and modernized the institution's previously disparate facilities, creating a new identity in dialogue with it's industrial heritage. Hired by the local municipality, we brought the historical buildings up to code for reuse as flexible cultural venues. The adaptation successfully welcomes new audiences, including the glass fabrication staff, performance groups, art shows, and year round visitors.
Three independent yet interrelated institutions: the glass museum (Musée du Verre et du cristal) – a living memory tracing the history of glass at the site; the CIAV (Centre International d’Art Verrier) – an international glass art center where traditional craftsmanship meets contemporary practices; and the Cadhame (Halle verrière) – a multidisciplinary cultural space hosting art installations, happenings and concerts are sited at varying floor levels.
An undulating poured-in-place concrete surface alludes to glass production as it unites the buildings. The surface functions as roof, ceiling, and wall, connecting the buildings’ ground floors to frame a public plaza. New functions are sensitively introduced under and over this surface, including offices, workshop areas, a cafe and restaurant. Existing building functions are reimaged and extended: the factory hall is given a new entrance on a previously unused basement floor and a 500-seat black box theater that can be reconfigured as a theater with standing room for 700 or opened into a concert hall for 3,000. The new public space heightens civic awareness of the historical site and also introduces a highly flexible venue for outdoor theater, concerts, and seasonal festivities.
該案位於法國北部連綿起伏的山丘上，是一個由政府資助建立的文化中心。建築團隊的目的在於將原有建築的不同機能進行改造、整合，並使其合乎現代使用方式。受當地政府委託，建築團隊將這些歷史建築改造成符合規範且能彈性運用的文化場域，並賦予其嶄新的面貌與生命。經改造後，梅桑塔玻璃廠這個歷史建物，得以迎接新的觀眾， 包括玻璃製造工作人員、表演團體、藝術展覽和絡繹不絕的遊客。
整體建築中涵蓋三個各自獨立卻又相互關聯的機構單位，包含玻璃博物館⸺追溯該地玻璃歷史的鮮活記憶、國際玻璃藝術中心⸺結合傳統工藝與當代實踐，以及舉辦裝置藝術展覽、各式活動和音樂會的跨領域文化空間。
特別的是，建築團隊設計一個巨型起伏的混凝土表面，除了呼應玻璃生產型態，同時能將以上三個機構相互連結；該表面具有屋頂、天花板和牆壁等複合功能，並在最後落地到建築一樓，形成一個公共廣場。該案透過此種手法，讓後續增設的區域被巧妙融入，包括新設辦公室、新設工作坊、咖啡館與餐廳；再者，原本的建築功能被重新設計和擴展，像是未被使用的工廠大廳地下室，被賦予了一個新的入口以及一個具有五百個座位的黑盒子劇院，同時也能是一個有七百個站立空間的劇院，或者一個可容納三千人的音樂廳。梅桑塔玻璃廠的新公共空間改造計畫，成功提升公民對歷史古蹟的認識，並為當地戶外戲劇演出、音樂會和季節性慶典活動打造了一個高度靈活的使用場域。
Principal Architects：（SO – IL）Florian Idenburg．Jing Liu．lias Papageorgiou．Lucie Rebeyrol．Ian Ollivier．Seunghyun Kang．Pietro Pagliaro．Danny Duong．Antoine Vacheron／（FREAKS）Yves Pasquet．Cyril Gauthier．Guillaume Aubry．Bertrand Courtot．Axel Simon
Structural Engineering：MHI
Client：Communauté de communes du Pays de Bitche
Building Area：6,500m²
Location：Meisenthal, Moselle, France
Photos：Photographer Iwan Baan
Interview：Jason Chen
Text：SO – IL
Collator：Grace Hung
主要建築師：（SO – IL）弗洛里安．伊登堡 劉靜 伊利亞斯．帕帕喬吉歐 露西．瑞貝羅爾 伊恩．奧利弗 姜升賢 彼得羅．帕利亞羅 丹尼．杜昂 安托萬．江詩丹頓／（FREAKS）伊夫．帕斯奎特西里爾．高蒂爾 紀堯姆．奧布里 伯特蘭．庫托特 阿克塞爾．西蒙
結構工程：MHI
業主：Communauté de communes du Pays de Bitche
建築面積：6,500 平方公尺
座落位置：法國莫瑟爾省梅桑塔
影像：伊旺．班
採訪：陳宗岷
文字：SO – IL建築師事務所
整理：洪雅琪
Diverse in origin, our team of collaborators speaks a dozen languages and is informed by global narratives and perspectives. We are both locally-rooted and nationless, coming together as a mid-size, well-recognized company. With our ambitious private and public clients, we explore how the creation of environments and objects inspires lasting positive intellectual and societal engagement.
We have completed projects in Leon, Seoul, and Lisbon, as well as our hometown, Brooklyn, New York.
In a digitized world that increasingly draws one inward, our architecture is outward-looking, engendering meaningful dialogue with what is materially and psychologically outside of ourselves. Our concept home for nomadic living in Milan encourages an active awareness of life beyond routine. At the University of California, Davis campus, we designed a museum that cultivates an intentionally open-ended relationship between the visitor and the site at the outset.
We design with time in mind. Whether working with existing structures or building from the ground, we carefully investigate physical properties and history. In Meisenthal, France, we transformed an industrial heritage site into a thriving cultural campus in this way. Our interventions are both respectful of their pasts and adaptable to a dynamic future.
We have been featured in the New York Times, CNN, and Frankfurter Allgemeine. Our work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum, and the Art Institute of Chicago. Our team has received numerous accolades, including the Vilcek Award, the Curbed Groundbreakers Award, and the MoMAPS1 Young Architects Program Award.
Our New York practice is led by Jing Liu and Florian Idenburg.
