Architects: GG-loop: www.gg-loop.com
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Photographs Michael Sieber www.michaelsieber.com
Gentle Genius
/ GG-Loop
“The design process for my family’s house started following an intuition,
that developed over time taking the form we can see now. During the
evolution of the project a transformation, like the renewal of the king,
has occurred in me. One of the major catalysts has been the album “In
the Court of the Crimson King” by King Crimson, inhabiting my sub
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consciousness unravelling itself through catharsis in this project.
At the beginning I imagined to restore the building giving it a coherent
fortress-like look again. Whilst the tower took shape in my imagination,
a castle emerged in which the King had trapped himself, overwhelmed
by his fears, his dark side, prone to decay and death, the Nigredo.
The court where tension, resignation and sacrifice evolved into hope,
rebirth, the project itself.”