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ARTECONOMY  photos Lindman Åke E:son
If there would be a place where the open/close, private/public, owner/guest, definite/indefinite, fine/rough-cease to be such, what would it look like? A 'fermette' (a country home build à l'ancienne) underwent a drastic renovation. A 12 mm steel wall is installed around the house. It stands 3 meters away from the building and is 3 meters high, with only few, specific openings that interrupt it: a narrow entrance-slit, three openings that frame close and far views and so a buffer zone is created around the house, filtering the surrounding landscape.

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