---
title: "textilsteinwerk"
slug: "textilsteinwerk"
date: 2025-01-10T10:00:00
thumbnail: "/img/sem05/03.webp"
studies: "/studies/hslu/ba/semester_05"
schools: ["hslu"]
degrees: ["ba"]
semesters: ["semester_05"]
images:
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  - { src: "/img/sem05/03.webp", name: "hall-interior.webp" }
  - { src: "/img/sem05/04.webp", name: "facade-model.webp" }
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  - { src: "/img/sem05/section02.webp", name: "hall-section.webp" }
categories: ["design"]
---

the séchoir-halle, a former industrial building rooted in the local textile history, was preserved in its identity while being given a new programme. where viscose fabrics were once hung to dry, new building blocks made from recycled textiles are produced today — load-bearing elements crafted from old fabrics through a ramming process, a constructive system based on circular principles.

the hall itself was altered only minimally. its existing structure is retained and complemented by an additional storey above one half of the hall. the intervention aims not at a complete redesign but at a continuation of the existing atmosphere — raw, functional, strongly identifiable.

new residential units were added in direct proximity to the hall. they stand in deliberate dialogue with the industrial architecture, forming a mixed quarter with productive, social, and residential uses.