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France. Collectif Etc completes a landmark in the rural landscape

Built with young volunteers and residents, the observatory by the French collective is a composition of wood of different origins.

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

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