A passer-by or layman sees a building in miserable condition in the oldest preserved parts of this factory; a ruin.
A passer-by or layman sees a building in miserable condition in the oldest preserved parts of this factory; a ruin. It was unimaginable that this was a successful ceramics factory, where plumes of smoke swirled from the high chimneys of the clay ovens, trams brought clay from the nearby German high terrace. A factory where kilos of baked clay lay lined up in rows in the high attics until it was ready to be transported as a final product by ship or train. How different is this for the expert, who feels an unprecedented urge to restore the building with a sparkling enthusiasm for the architectural styles and techniques; brick ornaments around the windows, beautiful beam constructions, high beamed ceilings but also trough vaults, wooden uprights and masonry columns. The expert thinks in possibilities to bring this old abandoned and static building to life with people, activity and sound, a filled image-determining element in the environment.