Covered market and exhibition space in Schiltigheim

Intended as a place where all can gather and talk, the project is set within an exemplary built context of vernacular architecture. Affirming its contemporary dimension, it also highlights traditional buildings’ qualities — returning to a key process of our built heritage: stratification. Transparency of the bay windows contrasts with the material opacity of wood-framed houses. Inside, architecture and scenography praise spacial polyvalence through efficient internal functioning and adaptable light. The exhibition area is designed to meet its universal ideal: a single space with multiple uses.