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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Northern Europe Migrants Organization in Calais, France by Felix de Montesquiou and Hugo KaiciMay 6th, 2011 by Sumit Singhal
The city of Calais, located at only 42km of the British coast, is the hottest spot of illegal migration in France. When Sarkozy closed the Sangatte immigrant center a year ago, we decided to react on the subject, in a very ironical and cynical way. This is when we decided to design an illegal immigration base.  Northern Europe Migrants Organisation
 Aerial View As we always wanted to work on the German bunkers on the French coast, we decided to reverse the idea of the Atlantik Wall, built to prevent the allies army from getting in, to facilitate the migration of those wanting to reach England.  Interior View This idea is reinforced by the fact that the site we choose was one of the most fortified by the Germans.This is why the infrastructure is disguised as a abandoned bunker.  Interior View Our company, NEMO (for Northern Europe Migrants Organisation) is meant to undertake the business of illegal immigration from the Kurdish mafia, monopolizing the sector in a very brutal and inhuman way.  Interior View The architecture is minimal, the services provided in the infrastructure are only those we thought essential to a migrant in transit. But at the same time we tried to incorporate details to humanize this very brutal building.  Interior View We wanted to play with the confusion between the true and the false; although the idea is totally mad and unrealistic, we tried to stage the project into reality. We used photo realistic renders, and an ultra commercial approach. And we went even as far as depositing a building permit (that was immediately thrown back to our faces…)  Interior View This is why the program is at the same time minimal ( absolutely no superficial function) and grandiose (monumental structure in the cliffs of the North of France)  Interior View In our very realistic / cynical / commercial approach, we simulated a business plan for this illegal company, and contacted a webmaster ( www.cpk-web.com), who seduced by the idea created us a website ( www.nemo-project.com ) to advertise the infrastructure, and to book your illegal immigration ticket.  Exterior View  Northern Europe Migrants Organisation  Exterior View  Northern Europe Migrants Organisation  Northern Europe Migrants Organisation  Ship  NEMO Programme  NEMO Exploded Isometry
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