LAB #4(43) 2008

Рeripheriques _ Cut… paste | Photo Luc Boegly | Text Eugenia Bakhturova | We can say for sure what inspired Emmanuelle Marin-Trottin and David Trottin when designing this house in the French town of Thionville. But with some degree of certainty we can assume that nothing inspired them. Except, probably, Microsoft Word. It is much more interested to think what can be the inspiration. It seems like this fact was the corner- stone in the mind of all deconstructivists. However, the Рeripheriques design bureau team can hardly be classified as deconstructivists. The Maison Go house is virtually the only such object of theirs. And even here the architects rather wanted to put tongue out to the public, As the building hardly corresponds to the context. In fact, even in the gypsy settlements – nests of bad taste – you can find more interest- ing houses than here. In this decent district all the houses are as alike as two drops of water and look like Turkish hotels, and it is unclear what prevails

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