TWICE A HOUSE

As studio jo taillieu - LIF always deals with the idea of the reference - what is your frame of reference - but also the idea of the practice - starting from the detail immediately -; the studio is not only looking for a possible architecture regarding a simulated exercise but rather a possible architect in a studio simulating a practice. Observation - rather than analysis - and imagination - rather than concept - are part of this approach. A strong belief in the variety of media - from handmade drawing, crafted modeling to digital drawings not only as a result but rather as an ongoing method - are the instruments on the table.
A studio where we take your pleasure seriously.
studio jo taillieu - LIF announces studio TWICE A HOUSE.

A film still showing a way of living will be chosen as the starting point for the exercise. Next to that, a framed reference dealing with a specific material with its construction logic. Together they help defining a fragment; a fragment as an open starting point that is never complete.
It is about construction. About structure, about space, about atmosphere.

Then, we go back and analyze an existing house through the movie. Looking to references of drawings to learn how to represent architecture. But also, how to understand architecture, redrawing as a way to fully grasp a project, even going very deep into the house itself. How details make spaces, construction makes composition.

It is about making. About structure, about material, about drawing.
The fragment will lead to a house; from the fragment to a specific location.
It is about living. About construction, about making, about the community.
The context once again is Belgium. A settlement once abandoned in need of revival. How to deal in an existing context. Starting from the existing buildings, constructing upon the existing fabric. Architecture as a way to imagine a possible community.