I’ve gotten some surprised responses to my last post. How much of the existing are we keeping, will there be anything left at all?
There is a reason behind every subtraction, of course. Some of the removals of existing material and structures needed to happen because the time took too much of the stability and safety away – the state of these wooden trams that were supposed to support the roof say something about the roof construction and why we decided to remove it.
Other removals happened because of the vision to create an enjoyable space that would use the traditional techniques of building typical for these parts of the world, and combine it with contemporary knowledge and desires about the space and materials.
I promise to dedicate my next post to the architectural vision behind all of the bold removals, but let me first finish describing what else we decided wasn’t worth keeping.
Wait, is there more?
Removing the partition walls.
Removing the bigger part of the east wall.
Removing the plaster.
Removing the floor, the asphalt (!) and the giant rocks underneath them.
Removing the rats.
