
Marble matters– exploring Carrara’s legacy
Sixteen young international architects took part in two intensive training days in Carrara, organized by FUM Academy and YACademy, featuring visits to the marble quarries and a design workshop focused on the use of the material.
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The French studio Collectif Etc has created a panoramic belvedere, reusing a traditional residence’s wooden structure. Commissioned by the Ecomusée d'Alsace, the project is a new landmark in the agricultural landscape of Oberhausbergen, France. The wooden framework has been dismantled and reassembled together with four trunks coming from the ecomuseum. A secondary skeleton, a balcony and an access gangway have been constructed using another type of wood. In this way the heterogeneity of the structure is enhanced, but it does not look like a patchwork of different elements. Following the approach of Collectif Etc, the construction of the belvedere was shared with the residents and young volunteers.


- Project:
- Obervedere
- Location:
- Ungersheim, France
- Architect:
- Collectif Etc
- Program:
- Birdwatching tower
- Engineering:
- Nicolas Didier & Clément Carriere
- Area:
- 10 sqm
- Completion:
- 2017

Do you know how a food disposer works?
60% of American kitchens have one, and food waste disposers are becoming increasingly popular in Italy as well. But what exactly are they, and how do they work?
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