Condensation runs down the windows, wallpaper scraps adorn unplastered walls, the air is piping hot, keys are hung on a makeshift polystyrene rack, a splash of graffiti colour warms the cold concrete, old cargo crates are now tables, a bicycle hangs on the wall and in between it all - normal life. Two young architects and an old unrenovated Erfurt building – a symbiosis of raw beauty, living as an art form and austereness. Shovelling coal as a lifestyle and pure freedom on the walls.
I took very specific portraits in the building before glamour and style returned – walls say more than a thousand words.
