Conception and realization Ursula Kraft, 2019
for the regional association Saarbrücken, user social and youth office
commissioned by the GIU, subsidiary of the city of Saarbrücken

The photographs and text images visible in the entrance area on the glass façade of the ground and first floors are part of the art of building realization, which gives the building a kind of “interface”, a face, an identity.
The work refers to the spatial location in the Europaquartier, which serves as a vehicle of meaning with its name “Europaallee”, and on a larger scale to Saarbrücken as a border town in the heart of Europe.
The conception takes the diversity of Europe as a starting point, puts the human being at the center, and is based literally, as if on a pedestal, on the explanation of universal human rights. All articles are inscribed in the 24 official languages ​​of Europe as text / image / compositions on the high windows on the ground floor of the entrance area and can be read from the inside. Word fragments that are readable from the outside draw attention to the text on a large scale and are indicative of the respective language.

The leitmotif: “Freedom – Equality – Solidarity” as a connecting element is used in the sense of inclusive language usage.

Format: Facade about 13m x 6m /
10 portraits each 2m x 0.76m, 8 words / image / compositions per 4m x 0.76m