{"id":3541,"date":"2024-10-27T05:00:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-27T06:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coinpop.me\/?p=3541"},"modified":"2024-10-28T11:46:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T11:46:15","slug":"tallinn-bus-shelter-an-experimental-fragment-built-from-reclaimed-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coinpop.me\/index.php\/2024\/10\/27\/tallinn-bus-shelter-an-experimental-fragment-built-from-reclaimed-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"Tallinn bus shelter “an experimental fragment” built from reclaimed materials"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brussels-based architecture duo Brasebin-Terrisse have erected a bus shelter<\/a> made using waste materials<\/a> as part of this year’s Tallinn Architecture Biennale<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Titled No Time to Waste, the pavilion<\/a> at the Balti Jaam transit hub was mostly made from offcuts sourced from suppliers around Tallinn and includes discarded concrete paving slabs from a construction site, chunks of stone from a local manufacturer and pieces of brick from a waste-management company.<\/p>\n

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The pavilion’s design was led by what materials could be locally sourced<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Brasebin-Terrisse, which is made up of Matthieu Brasebin and Elisabeth Terrisse de Botton<\/a>, conceived the project as a reversal of the conventional architecture process \u2013 one where the design is determined by the materials available, rather than the other way around.<\/p>\n

As a result of being dependent on what waste materials could be sourced locally, the architects were not able to confirm how the finished shelter would look during the initial design phases.<\/p>\n

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Everything apart from the steel gabion cages, screws and two glulam beams were reclaimed or sourced second hand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“Instead of proposing a finite design with speculated materials, we defined a set of principles that could be adapted afterward based on the available resources,” Brasebin and Terrisse de Botton told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

“Actions like filling \u2013 with building waste, assembling \u2013 network of primary and secondary beams, or cladding \u2013 roofing material, became more important in the design than the resource itself,” they continued.<\/p>\n

“In the end, the pavilion turned out to be very close to the image we projected in the competition, which showcased one of many possible scenarios.”<\/p>\n

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The pavilion will stand for two years and may be extended to 45 metres in length if successful<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The unusual nature of the project meant that it faced challenges in getting final building approval from Tallinn’s municipal authority, compounded by the fact that the site is publicly owned.<\/p>\n

After long delays, permission was eventually granted only the day before the biennale officially opened on 9 October, with construction starting immediately and completing towards the end of last week.<\/p>\n

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Competition head judge Anhelina L Starkova praised the project’s “open end” approach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The pavilion is composed of two walls made from steel gabion caging filled with rubble, with a single-pitch roof made from corrugated metal sheeting laid across wooden beams held up by steel posts. Simple wooden seating is stationed under the roof and adjacent to the shelter.<\/p>\n

Only the gabion cages, screws and two glulam beams were newly purchased for the project, with the roof cladding, steel posts and secondary timber beams sourced second-hand.<\/p>\n