MARTE MARTE ARCHITECTS VORALBERGNOW REPRINTED!
marte.marte have completed strikingly unique buildings in Western
Austria, which has a rich variety of good architecture. In contrast to
the typical tectonics of wood construction in Vorarlberg, marte.marte’s
work is monolithic, also in concrete. And in contrast to the compact
volumes of older and newer buildings in the alpine region, marte.marte
also gives the surrounding and exterior spaces of their projects precise
tectonics as well. Their spatial compositions – which are only
block-like masses at first glance – receive their exterior dynamics from
their interiors. Whether it be concrete, wood, rammed earth, metal or
glass, marte.marte always purify the material with disciplined details
that serve the essential spatial experience of light and shadow, open
and shaded areas, narrowness and breadth as well as inside and outside. ‘marte.marte’
features synoptic photo essays and text analyses that show the strong
bond between the architects and the values of the region as well as
their conceptual, sensual explorations into the realm of universal
themes: section versus plan, weight versus lightness…, form versus life. |
