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Kollektiv Pavilion / Christoph Hesse Architects

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  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  19
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2022
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Andre Mohr Forstbetrieb, Twistetal

Maria Installation / Christoph Hesse Architects

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  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  20
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2022
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Stolle Gardening

Karlsauge Pavilion / Christoph Hesse Architects

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Coal Museum / Christoph Hesse Architects

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"Parthenon of Books" Constructed from 100,000 Banned Books Rises at Nazi Book Burning Site in Germany

Argentine artist Marta Minujín has created a full-scale replica of one of the world’s most famous structures, the Parthenon in Athens, constructed out of censored books as a symbol of resistance to political repression. Currently on display at the Documenta 14 art festival in Kassel, Germany, the 100,000 books that make up the monument have been sourced entirely from donations, allowing people from all over the world to contribute titles they feel a personal connection to.

Collaborating with students from Kassel University, Minujín selected more than 170 titles banned in various countries across the world. These books were then strapped to the steel structure with plastic sheeting, protecting them from the elements and allowing sunlight to filter through the building.

Grimmwelt / kadawittfeldarchitektur

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Science Park Kassel / Birk Heilmeyer und Frenzel Architekten

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Institute buildings University Kassel / ATELIER 30

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  • Architects: ATELIER 30
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  12700
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2010

Modular Pavilion / Prechteck

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Courtesy of Prechteck

Held every five years, the competition for this year’s pavilion called for a temporary building which may be easily disassembled and relocated to another site. The modular pavilion by Prechteck exists of different parts, housing different functions, all singular cells, but the strongest in coexistence with its neighboring parts. The main concept is that during the 5 years, each cell can be assembled in a different German city and serve as an info booth to the next. At the beginning of the next five years, the parts get transported back and get reconnected on site. More images and architects’ description after the break.