HOTSPOT

Joran De Roover, Maria Lahni, Tom Vandormael

Whilst driving through Flanders you will inevitable pass by many abandoned fruit, vegetables and flower greenhouses. Those greenhouses already make part of the Anthropocene of Flanders; heaps of them are occupy the scenery, not being used anymore and giving nature a space to take over slowly.
Even though they are neglected, they do still have mostly intact parts, which can perfectly be used for recycling and/or upcycling.
This was the starting point for the HOTSPOT design: an old greenhouse structure, which can be perfectly dismantled and built back together on the ASIAT site, giving us the possibility to protect the oven from the Belgian weather. The greenhouse would not only provide a roof for the oven and make it more durable, it would also ease the building process for us.

Dismantling a greenhouse and learning to re-build it completely goes together with the concept of this course: being part of a “circular” movement.
By dividing the 22m long greenhouse in two parts, we would get one space for the oven, the pizzaiolo and his/her needs and a “pick-your-own-herbs” garden, with which we would emphasise on the former function of a greenhouse.
The second part would be more a more intimate space; a space where you can get in contact with the space itself. Nature surrounding and invading the space, trees growing through the structure providing a needed resting space.