cover up by visiondivision image courtesy visiondivision

we have just received images from architectural firm visiondivision of their latest project ‘cover up’.

the project is a part of a bigger commission to improve several power plants for an energy company. in the first stage we we’re appointed to create a storage facility for various industrial pipes but foremost for several heating containers that with a short notice should be able to be outsourced around the city as back-up power during blackouts. the containers are quite big and are lifted from the storage with a special crane truck, making a roof impossible.

the part of the structure that faces the surrounding is slightly higher and rigid and is also functioning as a wall to the premise. the inner part is not so high because these wall systems should be able to be altered and moved. we made three modes with different area sizes with the help of pre-made holes in the ground which the walls on the flexible part of the structure could switch between when necessary. some wall segments are also gates.

the whole façade is made out of perforated steel plates. the inner part of the structure is perforated in a mathematical and repetitive fashion to minimize wind loads, permit views into the storage without experience the clutter. on the rigid part that is facing the surroundings, we perforated a grand motive with a story that is weaving in the energy company, the city and different world natures into a surrealistic ‘total nature’.

this nature is actually also a disguise. different building details and devices are hidden in the motive; the main door for example is disguised in a forest, with the keyhole in one eye of a bear. various surveillance cameras are hidden behind different creatures.

visiondivision: cover up cover up image courtesy visiondivision

visiondivision: cover up cover up image courtesy visiondivision

visiondivision: cover up cover up image courtesy visiondivision

visiondivision: cover up cover up image courtesy visiondivision

visiondivision: cover up cover up image courtesy visiondivision

visiondivision: cover up cover up image courtesy visiondivision