Avec Fons Elders
A series of sketches presents the project for the Vierwindenhuis (The House of Four Winds): This housing complex whose four angles are oriented according to the cardinal points had been conceived in collaboration with the philosopher Fons Elders around the relations between cosmology, social behavior and architecture, the project balances social and private spaces. Inspired by transitional spaces in Dogon architecture (Mali), the building articulates itself around a central courtyard and integrates a variety of functions in each hall labeled with the sign of an element: the garden (earth), the meeting space, theater (air), the restaurant (fire), the sauna, Japanese bath and fountain (water). This project reconsiders the question of private and public space while enlarging the universal inscription of architecture.
