{"id":291218,"date":"2025-11-18T15:09:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T15:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/291218\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T15:09:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T15:09:14","slug":"atelier-faber-stacks-reeds-over-luxembourg-stone-to-revive-soil-porosity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/291218\/","title":{"rendered":"atelier faber stacks reeds over luxembourg stone to revive soil porosity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Atelier Faber transforms old well site with \u2018solum\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Atelier Faber presents Solum, a spatial and landscaped installation set on the site of an old well in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/architecture-in-luxembourg\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luxembourg<\/a> City that highlights the gradual recovery of soil porosity, an often-overlooked ecological process. Through a stark composition of reeds and local <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/marble-and-stone-design\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sandstone<\/a>, the project, presented at LUGA, Luxembourg\u2019s international exhibition of urban gardens, traces how inert, compacted earth is reclaimed by living organisms, restoring the permeability needed to buffer droughts, absorb rainfall, and stabilize the urban water cycle.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The architects layer the materials, tied directly to the hydrological history of the region, vertically and horizontally. A dense, linear band of reeds, used as an allegory of wetlands, hovers above pillars of Luxembourg sandstone, the geological foundation responsible for forming the country\u2019s largest aquifer. This juxtaposition forms a deliberately archaic, almost primeval landscape that foregrounds the slow climatic intelligence of natural systems.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1164700 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"atelier faber stacks reeds over luxembourg sandstone to revive soil porosity on old well site\" width=\"818\" height=\"613\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/atelier-faber-reeds-luxembourg-sandstone-soil-porosity-old-well-site-designboom-01.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>all images by <a href=\"https:\/\/giaimemeloni.persona.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Giaime Meloni<\/a>, unless stated otherwise<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rewilding a Post-Industrial Landscape in Luxembourg<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Luca Antognoli and Gabriel Pontoizeau of Atelier Faber ground Solum in the site\u2019s own post-industrial ecology. With human activity long withdrawn from the former well, the land has restarted its biological clock. Vegetation has re-established itself without irrigation, intervention, or curation, and the resulting flora, resilient by necessity, are precisely the species most adapted to the soil and microclimate. The <a href=\"https:\/\/atelierfaber.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">design team<\/a> responds to this spontaneous ecosystem by reinforcing it. Landscaping focuses on increasing shrub density, introducing ruderal annual perennials in nitrogen-rich pockets, and complementing the dry zones with hardy grasses and annual plants.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The structure itself is intentionally minimal in material palette, composed only of reeds and Luxembourg sandstone. The pairing mirrors the conceptual stance of the installation, a reminder that soil permeability is shaped by geology and living systems that colonize it over time.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1164701 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"atelier faber stacks reeds over luxembourg sandstone to revive soil porosity on old well site\" width=\"818\" height=\"654\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/atelier-faber-reeds-luxembourg-sandstone-soil-porosity-old-well-site-designboom-02.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>Atelier Faber presents Solum | image by <a href=\"https:\/\/luga.lu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LUGA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1164702 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"atelier faber stacks reeds over luxembourg sandstone to revive soil porosity on old well site\" width=\"818\" height=\"1023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/atelier-faber-reeds-luxembourg-sandstone-soil-porosity-old-well-site-designboom-03.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>a spatial and landscaped installation set on the site of an old well in Luxembourg City<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1164703 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"atelier faber stacks reeds over luxembourg sandstone to revive soil porosity on old well site\" width=\"818\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/atelier-faber-reeds-luxembourg-sandstone-soil-porosity-old-well-site-designboom-04.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>highlighting the gradual recovery of soil porosity<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1164704 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"atelier faber stacks reeds over luxembourg sandstone to revive soil porosity on old well site\" width=\"818\" height=\"1025\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/atelier-faber-reeds-luxembourg-sandstone-soil-porosity-old-well-site-designboom-05.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>a stark composition of reeds and local sandstone<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1164705 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"atelier faber stacks reeds over luxembourg sandstone to revive soil porosity on old well site\" width=\"818\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/atelier-faber-reeds-luxembourg-sandstone-soil-porosity-old-well-site-designboom-06.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>the project was presented at LUGA<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1164706 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"atelier faber stacks reeds over luxembourg sandstone to revive soil porosity on old well site\" width=\"818\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/atelier-faber-reeds-luxembourg-sandstone-soil-porosity-old-well-site-designboom-07.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>the project traces how inert, compacted earth is reclaimed by living organisms<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1164707 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"atelier faber stacks reeds over luxembourg sandstone to revive soil porosity on old well site\" width=\"818\" height=\"1023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/atelier-faber-reeds-luxembourg-sandstone-soil-porosity-old-well-site-designboom-08.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>restoring the permeability needed to buffer droughts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Atelier Faber transforms old well site with \u2018solum\u2019 \u00a0 Atelier Faber presents Solum, a spatial and landscaped 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