Article source: Tolila+Gilliland

This is not a shed. This is an island. The question posed by the client/artist was the possibility of a cultural island in an industrial site, the concrete fabrication of a utopic site for living, research and production. The architectural response is the result of a research towards a vocabulary of elements which could give meaning to this ambition.

Image Courtesy © Philippe Ruault

• Architects: Tolila+Gilliland
• Project: Mosquito Coast Factory
• Location: Mosquito Coast Factory 5, rue de la Tamise, Zi porte Estuaire, 44750 Campbon, France
• Photography: Philippe Ruault
• Client : Mosquito Coast Factory (Benoit-Marie Moriceau)
• Area (SHON) : 517 m²
• Cost of work: 350.000 euros HT
• Duration of the study: 8 months
• Duration of the work: 5 months
• Materials: Structure and cladding in galvanized steel., North Facade in polycarbonate panels (Danpalon), Floors in waxed concrete