Salt Warehouse / Goffart-Polomé Architectes

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Houffalize, Belgium
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Salt Warehouse / Goffart-Polomé Architectes - Exterior Photography
© Antoine Richez

Text description provided by the architects. In a rural area where agricultural sheds are part of the landscape, the project tends to return to this typology by reinterpreting its tradition in a neo-vernacular approach. The large size of the project, summoned by its use, becomes a singular silhouette on the scale of the site.

Salt Warehouse / Goffart-Polomé Architectes - Exterior Photography, Facade
© Antoine Richez
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Salt Warehouse / Goffart-Polomé Architectes - Exterior Photography
© Antoine Richez

The sidings are made of polycarbonate that plays on the ambiguity of transparency and reflection; its presence is experienced both from the inside and the outside like stained glass.

Salt Warehouse / Goffart-Polomé Architectes - Interior Photography, Concrete, Beam
© Antoine Richez

Glowing like a reassuring lantern, the building comes to life on stormy winter nights on the rhythm of the working vehicles. The wooden structure is a natural response to the aggressive environment of a salt storage and resonates with the forestry character of the region. 

Salt Warehouse / Goffart-Polomé Architectes - Exterior Photography, Facade
© Antoine Richez

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Address:Houffalize, Belgium

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Cite: "Salt Warehouse / Goffart-Polomé Architectes" 08 May 2022. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/959660/salt-warehouse-goffart-polome-architectes> ISSN 0719-8884

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