Library at Eberswalde

Here is a close up of the two concrete slabs that we have poured thus far. They are to scale representations of the actual slabs used in the construction. More to come!

Library at Eberswalde

For our Art of Building group, the five of us decided to study the Library at Eberswalde, Germany by Herzog & De Meuron. Our class was focusing on signage and we were all interested in screen printing, so we decided to study this building. The process includes screen printing a retarder onto the plexiglass with the desired image and then mixing the concrete and pouring it into the mold. Wait 48 hours and then voila! You have a concrete slab with your screen printed image. Our building's model is a combination of plexiglass for the windows and matte-board for the concrete surfaces which have been xyloled with the images from the original building.