One major move was to break up the floor slabs of all the encircling factory warehouses, in order to create huge vertical volumes of space for contemporary art exhibitions. The glass roof covering the central house was preserved, as were the original proportions and structural system of metal rivets.  Photo 6 of 6 in Radical Red Houses by Erika Heet from The Red House, Paris

Radical Red Houses

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One major move was to break up the floor slabs of all the encircling factory warehouses, in order to create huge vertical volumes of space for contemporary art exhibitions. The glass roof covering the central house was preserved, as were the original proportions and structural system of metal rivets.