Concrete Intervention

CONCRETE INTERVENTION 2011

…“Flat slab”- Flaschdecke. In 1909, on 20th January, Robert Maillart took out a patent on the flat slab, his idea being to get rid of the beam construction that was currently in use to support concrete floors. He was looking for a means to simplify construction, create a more elegant design… On the floor are two further objects, a concrete block and an L shaped structure that is either in the process of construction, or destruction. The silver “sculpture” is designed to disguise a remnant from the room’s former use. The “drawings” on the back wall, also remnants, but relevant to the artist’s purpose… as subtext….