On Maarschalk Gerardstraat in Antwerp, Eagles of Architecture subdivided a large nineteenth-century house into studios. The façade was painted a uniform white, and the interior of the porte-cochère and its two classical columns were given the same treatment. The passage was obstructed by a third hollow column covered with pink plasterboard, the standard finishing for a pipe duct. The combination of a classical column with a pipe duct comes across as a laconic gesture comparable to Le Corbusier?s exclamation, ?Pour Ledoux, c?était facile ? pas de tubes? (For Ledoux, it was easy ? no tubes). But if the confrontation with the townhouse is in itself already a contest, then Eagles of Architecture lets its opponent have the choice of weapons.
© Filip Dujardin

architects: Eagles of ArchitectureLocation: Antwerp, BelgiumProject Year: 2018Photographs: Filip DujardinArea: 450.0 m2
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