This is going in a special post because it is very important to me: this is my first "traditional" design and it's the start of the amazing journey that is Converting Yourself to Traditional Architecture!
It may be not the best, but I think I got much better with time as you can probably agree with me if you take a look at the Artwork section. A real Architect never stops learning, so let's keep going!
It may be not the best, but I think I got much better with time as you can probably agree with me if you take a look at the Artwork section. A real Architect never stops learning, so let's keep going!
Counterproposal for a hypothetical new train station for the city of Bruges, elaborated together with the Round Table of Architecture.
The drawing has been thought and draughted in a handful of hours (about 24 hours in total), therefore only the bare minimum required to convey the idea is displayed.
The drawing has been thought and draughted in a handful of hours (about 24 hours in total), therefore only the bare minimum required to convey the idea is displayed.
For such a large building, there was no time available to detail the design with small scale drawings, aquarel colors or even ink the lines.
The proposal follows the Belgian traditional architecture C.XIX eclectic style, with technological updates such as elevators and underground ramps. It is a provocation to openly polemicize against the current station, which took place of the original one (as depicted in the pictures below). A part of the provocation consisted in adjoining an art-nouveau-inspired office tower to the complex, to show the versatility of traditional styles.
Why is it important to post this project, which has been made quickly and imperfectly? Because this was my first traditional project, the design that made me think, feel and understand that the Traditional Process is far more complex and superior to the "modernistic" one. Moreover, it is more funny and engaging.
Original station
Current Station
Proposed station
Please, enjoy more pictures of the proposal:
...and this is me, presenting the panel:
Posted: 03/09/2023 10:17 — Author(s): Riccardo Buratti