We (Mathijs Stegink and Sjors Knol) were invited to Landsberg by Wolfgang Hauck to create a Cardboarders project. We built for a week with the community, refugees, kids, artists and volunteers from all over the world! The old gym in which we worked used to be a shelter for hundreds of refugees. The space needed some positive interference. We tried to create a spiritual building inspired by the baroque Wieskirche and it’s architect D. Zimmerman nearby. The old churches we’re also built with many hands from the community and this was also our goal. We made experiments with light and shadow and developed an idea to create something really large with all the people that wanted to join us. Another thing that inspired us we’re the organic, intricate roccoco ornaments inside the architecture from the baroque. We still can’t believe how many people joined us and how much time they devoted to the project. On the last day there was an opening/closing, a day long cardboard party. And then it was destroyed. Alles Kaputt. Carpe diem, Memento Mori. Nothing changed but our minds and some images on facebook 🙂
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