Kirchberg Kiosk, Polaris Architects, Luxembourg.

Looking a little bit like a bunker built by someone hoping to survive some cataclysmic event, the Kirchberg Kiosk is actually dedicated to happier pursuits. A bar, a kitchen, and a public terrace form the programmatic makeup of the prism, which occupies a piece of land in a newly developed part of Luxembourg.

Click through for more on this bunker-like-folly, after the jump.

Polaris was commissioned back in 2006 to design a folly for a new park. The resultant kiosk provides a kind of un-programmed shell for the neighborhood developing around it: framing the newly planted trees, offering a bar and kitchen to be used for parties, citizens can appropriate the space how they choose.

The bunker thing? Apparently, security was a major issue (we guess this means bored teenagers?): see the iron grate door on the facade.

It reminds us a bit of Charles Moore’s “supergraphics,” the massive graphic decals he would paint onto interior walls or ceilings to create optical illusions in his buildings. Moore spoke of them once, saying “I think the importance is that the decoration should really be cosmetic – it should be very cheap and able to be redone, changed by the people, and reconsidered by the people who live there.”

Read more about the Kirchberg Kiosk by visiting its project page here, or check out the firm profile of Polaris Architects.

by Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

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