The transformation of a familiar building, still imbued with vibrant social memory.
Although disused, the Limoux tile factory has never ceased to inhabit the imagination. Faced with its abandonment, the local authority chose to purchase the entire site and initiate its transformation into a cultural hub. The restrained use of resources echoes the utilitarian aesthetic of industrial projects: pooling, doing more with less, using only catalogue materials, in line with the strategy of what’s available promoted by the agency.

An original peristyle, composed of a lattice of suspended tiles in tribute to the expertise of everyone who worked there, extends the existing structures. It encircles the square and doubles the buildings with a latticed threshold that comes alive with both sunlight and artificial lighting. Shadow and light: the materiality and ochre tones of the tiles reinterpret one of the great themes of Mediterranean architecture.