TRACES & CONTEMPLATION

January 2025

ARCHIK invites you to discover “Traces & Contemplation” by architects Frédéric Bourdiec and Maxence Renard, who explore the fields of ceramics and photography respectively. Through this four-handed exhibition, Frédéric and Maxence question our view of housing and urban spaces.

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Above all, his pieces speak for themselves. Each piece is part of a series named Les Lilas, Vue sur Mer, Canon à Lumière, and evokes specific eras, places or construction techniques. The aim is clear: to make the object tell its own story, even before it is explained.

His lamps and tables are not just functional: they become sculptural, capable of transforming a space. If they illuminate, they also illuminate the idea of the object as a trace of architecture and collective memory.

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Frédéric explores the constraints of the material and the technical possibilities offered by ceramics. Each filling becomes an experiment in finesse, weight, assembly methods and texture. Inspirations drawn from Pierre and Vera Szekely and André Bloc resonate in his volumes and surfaces.

The aridity of large modern cities, the brutality of functionalist buildings from the 50s and 70s and the mass layouts of large housing estates permeate his work. Each of his creations is both a tribute to and an interrogation of social housing.

Les artistes

Architects by training and graduates of ENSA Marseille, Frédéric Bourdiec and Maxence Renard explore, each in their own way, the links between architecture, art and perception.

Frédéric Bourdiec, known as Architecture Céramique, transposes his architectural vision into ceramic sculptures inspired by the Brutalist and Functionalist buildings of the 50s and 70s. Crafted with precision and sensitivity, his works question notions of scale, texture and light, while telling an intimate, urban story.

Photographer Maxence Renard focuses on revealing the subtle interplay between shapes, colors and perspectives. In his work, whether architectural or fashion photography, he explores materials and contrasts, capturing light to offer a new perception of the spaces he immortalizes.

Their joint work, nourished by their training as architects, questions the spaces that surround us and reveals the hidden beauty of materials, shapes and volumes.

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This exhibition is an invitation to observe the resonance between matter, light and memory.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Dates

Opening Thursday, January 30, 2025 from 7pm

Exhibition from January 30, 2025 to April 15, 2025

Open Monday to Friday, 10 am to 6.30 pm, by appointment only

Maison ARCHIK Marseille

From March 9th to May 19th 2023
in Maison ARCHIK Paris

Designers Instagram

@architectureceramique
@maxence.renard

Photos credits

@juliefleutot

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Remarkable architecture from the 1960s, this Californian villa is at the heart of a modernist project that has been awarded the “Patrimoine du XXème” label, on its 800 m2 plot in a wooded park at the gateway to the Calanques. A project with character designed by the Marion Bernard architectural firm.

Before …

Target

Preserve the soul of this single-storey Californian villa, while renovating and enlarging it to adapt it to contemporary uses. Enhance its emblematic architecture and strengthen its link with the surrounding countryside.

Course of action

The renovation was carried out with a view to preserving the original architectural features, while adding modernity and comfort. The Fontvieille stone and hollow brick facade, sliding wooden shutters and low stone walls were carefully restored. Inside, the horizontal fireplace in brick and Cassis stone and the large terrazzo floor have been restored to their former glory.

Achievement

On the south side, the sleeping quarters are distributed on either side of the entrance hall by a corridor punctuated by typical 60s storage units.

To the north-west, the living areas are arranged in a row along the terraces, one of which is extended by a swimming pool in the shade of tall umbrella pines. Each extension of the house has been designed as a continuity towards the outside, with terraces allowing you to take full advantage of the surrounding nature. The living room, dining room and kitchen all open out onto the landscape, allowing for total immersion in the natural environment.

Partner brands :

Micro terrazzo and terrazzo : @varponcage
Tiles : @carre_creatif
Sanitary equipment : @richardson.officiel @trone_paris
Brazilian Quartzite worktop : @marbreriegambini_mattout
Woodwork: Rabot
Furniture and artwork : @axel_chay @relax_factory @piece.a.part @francois_bazin_studio @architectureceramique @archik
Painting : @ressource_peintures
Bed linen : @laservietteparis
Handles: @fredericpellenq
Travertine : @talka_decor

Original plans & project

Modernist architecture immersed in nature, close to sea and hills

LE QUARTIER

Private: Pointe-Rouge

At the gates of the Calanques, between Vieille Chapelle and Montredon.

L'ARCHITECTE LA LÉZARDIÈRE

Crédits photosJulie Fleutot
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FE + C

September 2024

To coincide with the release of Revue N°5 on the theme of Metal, ARCHIK extends its tribute to this material to Marseille and presents Fe + C, an exhibition by memòri studio.

The physical embodiment of La Revue N°5’s “Objects of Covetousness” column, the memòri studio has reproduced the interior of the director of the insurance firm “Fe + C”, a design enthusiast and creative genius with avant-garde ideas.

In the 1980s, he designed furniture for his offices. The man who seemed eccentric at the time had an unusual metal set made by an industrialist: bookcase, desk, wall lamps and coffee table.

He’s as passionate about the brilliant shine of alloys as he is about manual activities; he gathers his clay, his pigments and experiments. The result is an extravagant yet extraordinarily beautiful interior where materials and textures come together. He paints his walls a self-made brick-red color reminiscent of iron mines.

Les artistes

Founded in 2020, memòri is a creative studio that brings together different craft disciplines with the aim of constantly questioning practices and their transmission. It’s an ode to singular traditions, to know-how rooted in the Mediterranean basin, with the desire to reactivate collective memories to make them alive and current again.

On the borderline between the production of objects in very small quantities and the creation of a wardrobe of unique pieces, the exploration continues with a selection of 20th-century design objects and furniture. The studio works in these different fields, with the sole aim of integrating a craftsman’s approach and a sustainable approach to manufacturing and production.

Between invention, design and utopia, this dreamy, imaginative, manual creator is inhabited and tortured by a whirlwind of singular ideas.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Dates

Opening on Thursday, September 19, 2024 from 7pm

Exhibition on view from September 19, 2024 until the end of 2024

Open Monday to Friday, 10 am to 6.30 pm, by appointment only

Maison ARCHIK Marseille

Designers’ Instagram

@memori.studio_

Photos Credits

@noelmanalili_studio

TOPLESS

July 2024

Une exposition sans « Seinsure » avec comme seul mot d’ordre
FREE THE NIPPLES !

Ah, the breast… it fascinates us all! Censored or flaunted, it’s a symbol of femininity, an emblem of maternity, an object of desire and a symbol of emancipation. For centuries, the breast has attracted the attention of artists, so it’s only natural that designers should take their turn.

ARCHIK therefore invited Ekhi Busquet & Matthieu Vergote, Axel Chay, Manon Delaune and Tapicheri to bring their naughty creations together in a fun, no-holds-barred group show in a Californian-style villa under the pines.

Humor may be the most obvious key to this day, but it’s by no means the only one! Through their productions and their respective commitments, these five creative minds are striving for a meaningful Beau by donating part of the profits to various associations in the fight against breast cancer. More than ever, creativity is a barrier to all forms of “Seinsure”, so there’s only one watchword: FREE THE NIPPLES!

Les artistes

EKHI BUSQUET & MATTHIEU VERGOTE

Celebrating joyful, creative femininity, artistic director and designer Ekhi Busquet joins forces with Matthieu Vergote to present their “Seins-Tropez” pairs of parasols in a 4-handed collaboration! A great way to put your boobies in the shade this summer.

AXEL CHAY

A designer with a radical aesthetic, he offers 2 interpretations of the breast in evocative shapes. A pair of SEIN mirrors, captivating pieces that emotionally enrich the space, and a pair of CONSUL chairs whose “Prière de toucher” wafer was imagined with Relax Factory, in homage to Marcel Duchamp’s work for the surrealism exhibition at the Maeght gallery in 1947.

MANON DELAUNE

A multi-disciplinary artist, Manon loves the warm, vibrant colors of Marseille. She presents her photographs “Clarté Intime” & “Écho hésitant”, with their play of shadows, texture and skin. Also featured is “Vestige d’un élan”, or the capture of an impulse, a fleeting moment.

TAPICHERI

A French brand founded by interior designer Camille de Villartay, Tapicheri presents a fun, offbeat rug, imagined with the complicity of Décodeur: BOOB, a bold, playful creation in soft pastel colors.

La Case Study House

Remarkable architecture from the 1960s, located at the gateway to the Calanques, this 180 m2 Californian villa is at the heart of a modernist project designated as Patrimoine du XXème, designed by Guillaume Gillet & Louis Olmeta and completed in 1974. Still in its original state, the house retains all its original architectural features, such as its Fontvieille stone and hollow brick facade, sliding wooden shutters and opus incertum terrace. Inside, the fireplace, reminiscent of Valentine Schlegel’s, and the large terrazzo floor are waiting to be restored to their former glory.

For the sale of this house, Archik imagined a renovation that would respect this heritage, highlighting the volumes and light circulation of this period architecture.