"The building accommodates the storage
of herbal sweets and dried healing herbs. The dimensions were determined
by the supporting construction of a metal container: length 60m, width
26m and height 17m. The building is a shell for this container.
It rests in a series of concrete consoles placed over a six-foot high stone
foundation that is left visible along the north façade. A steel
structure provides the frame for the shell. It is covered by a layer of
insulation. Wood vertical elements surround this structure. Wood beams
are nailed to these elements. Wood consoles protrude from the beams.
Composite wood and cement boards are placed on these elements in two ways.
One layer of boards is nailed horizontally (with a slight slope outward
and downward) against the wood consoles. Another is nailed over the
first layer, but resting against the wood vertical elements. The
horizontal boards are not appreciated from a distance, but come into view
as the building is approached.
"Half of these boards are cut in two longitudinal
sections according to the golden mean. The thinner boards are placed
at the bottom of the façade, in five consecutive layers. Five
layers of the medium boards are placed above them, topped by five layers
of complete boards. The system is completed by a series of wood beams sloping
outward and upward, taller than the larger boards. The metal volume
can be seen through sliding 2x2m glass windows behind the wood columns.
Horizontal wood beams complete this group to form a cornice. On top
of these elements, composite wood and cement boards. The dynamics
of this system are appreciated most in the corners of the building.
The horizontal boards are allowed to stack on top of one another.
The sloping boards are cut before the corner on one side and after it on
the other. An opening is left in the meeting of the sloping boards.
The system breaks out for an emergency door and the storage docks." (source)
