It seemed to me that ruined tower houses could be made inhabitable with small interventions. Of course they would need roofs, repairs to the stonework and new floors - in the frequent wars it was found the quickest way to render a house uninhabitable was to remove the roof, so replacing a roof would start to reverse the decay. These actions would not make them appropriate for contemporary life without running the risk of destroying their desirable spatial and material qualities.
These objects are intended to reconcile new uses and desires with the historic structure.
thomas
deckker
architect
