SHINGLE WALL
2006.
Central Plaza building, Brussels, Belgium.

Shingle Wall is 1300 cm (43 ft) wide, 45 cm (18 in) thick, between 150 and 280 cm (5 and 9 ft) high from terrace. It is elevated 100 cm (39 in) above the sidewalk.

The wall is made of shingles of different colors, materials, and sizes placed into eleven wire-and-gauze-framed compartments. The contours made by the shingles in the compartments are irregular, echoing the architectural diversity of surrounding structures reflected in the glass panels of the Central Plaza building.

View of wall from terrace
View of wall from street
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View of wall
between terrace and street
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Shingles against wire.
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