The wine cellar addition to the Martha und Daniel Gantenbein Winery in Fläsch, Switzerland features a unique patterned brick wall. The bricks allow light to filter into the interior — they are rotated within a concrete frame in a seemingly irregular pattern that take the shape of overlapping circular bubbles from a distance...
The absence of an clear repeating pattern has A Daily Dose of Architecture suggesting robot masons — I will remain skeptical of that theory and assume that the panels are prefabricated individually (by machine) and delivered assembled.
The winery's addition was designed by Bearth & Deplazes Architekten and won a Wienerberger Brick Award in 2008.
Via: notcot.org and A Daily Dose of Architecture.
(Images: Weinerberger)
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wow, that is wild. and great.
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Very cool, but is going to be a bitch to repoint someday.
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That is pretty killer...though I first saw grapes instead of bubbles...it being a winery and all.
I think on-site robot, personally. It would be too fragile if the whole panel was made and then delivers and installed. Or perhaps it was off-site-robot-made in say 1 foot by 1 foot sections and then sent in...to be puzzled together.
Hmmmm…
ditto Doug...though I would love to know what mortar they are using if any...especially if it was made in smaller panels.
Hmmmm.
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