*숲속의 오두막 [ Ivo Bonacorsi ] Le Vent des Forêts

최소한의 건축행위는 자연과의 접점을 최대한 보장하며 자연과 함께 지속성장하는 환경을 구현한다. 작은 오두막, 거주를 위한 최소한의 공간이 지향하는 지점은 먼저 기존 대지; 자연에게의 최소한 충격 (인공적인 구조물로 인한 대지 훼손)과 친자연적인 재료의 사용을 통해 시작된다. 이는 공간구현을 위한 스틸 스트럭쳐를 지면으로 부터 들어 올리며 주요 마감재를 주변 나무와 조화를 이루는 우드 슬래이트 및 초가지붕으로 완성시킨다. 그리고 모듈화된 스틸 스트럭쳐의 사용을 통해 공간의 모빌리티; 이동성 확보 뿐만아니라 건식공법을 통한 최소한의 건축행위와 친자연적 재료의 사용, 결합을 만들게 된다. (가공하지 않는 자연적 재료는 아무래도 외부환경에 취약하며 가공 및 화약처리한 제품보다 사용연한 또한 짧다. 사용연한은 짧지만 지속적인 측면에서는 이러한 관계가 적절하다.)

reviewed by SJ,오사

Although not the most accessible, Matali Crasset’s new work in progress is fascinating and a real experience. However, you must be willing to embrace its intrinsic woodland philosophy, and surrender yourself to the natural afflatus of the host locations. “Le Vent des Forêts” is a contemporary art programme that spreads its strong utopian visions across the heart of Lorraine, France. In 45 km of paths, more than 90 artworks dot a verdant forest that spans six farming communities, in an extraordinary open-air route in the Meuse — amidst World War I memories and the new cultural geography redesigned by the Pompidou Metz.

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This is the context where Matali Crasset has completed her first two Maisons Sylvestres [“woodland houses”] — Nichoir and Noisette. Like a modern-day elf, the French designer received the Order of Arts and Letters right outside one of the cabins, on their opening day. This was a wonderful surprise for Crasset, someone who is strongly committed to design founded on ethical and eco-friendly choices. These first two structures reflect her Minimalist design and are part of a series that will, over time, develop a structure that allows visitors to live in the forest and enjoy its artworks, which seem spontaneous — especially in their lightness of form.

These cabins will allow you to blend in, recharge your batteries and experience nature with zero impact. Noisette is designed for bird-watching, without interfering with the bird’s natural habitat. The straw roof, rope structures and silent space for woodland living stem from a very radical cabin brief that includes sharing the watercourse with the surrounding flora and fauna and adopting the natural rhythms of the forest. No electricity, just a wood oven for a campfire and heat. The Noisette is a little gem that will take you back to your childhood, but also to ways of living governed by now-forgotten biorhythms.

Nichoir is Matali Crasset’s second module, evoking the utopia described in the Blobterre project seen at the Pompidou a few months back. It is almost a cabin-theatre, offering shared experiences and a coming together based on the rhythm of contemporary tribalism, to interpret and reread the signs sent to our senses every day by the great encyclopaedia of the natural world. When you enter into contact with these structures, you simply want to abandon urban rules and immerse yourself in the primordial.

It is interesting to observe that, throughout the project, Crasset — whose work centres on the harnessing of local resources — has managed to create a point of contact between the region’s industrial and craft dimensions. Small firms, associations and artisans all help to build and develop her designs (and the more and less ephemeral artworks that dot the landscape). The metal structures are developed and built by Gigot and volunteer manpower Les Compagnons des Chemin de Ville sources individuals from programmes involving local high-school students. This eco-project is bringing the whole community back together again. Ivo Bonacorsi

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