“We selected this reference from among others in the book Architecture without Architects (Bernard Rudofsky). We consider it iconic, it is scheduled for demolition, and it fits within themes that we consider important. Spaces without a designated purpose, which are becoming increasingly rare in our urban landscape, appear to be places of architectural resistance, where the experience of space is relieved of the administration and standards that weigh on the architect.”

“This interest has nothing to do with an aestheticisation of industrial architecture or a retro-futuristic fascination, but rather with the architectural characteristics and elements of the building: order, hierarchy, symmetry, scale, distribution, degree of intimacy, material, tectonics, time, atmosphere and light; in short, everything that determines the experience of a place.