LES PIERRES SAUVAGES I THIBAULT HUGUET

January – April 2026

For the start of the 2026 academic year, ARCHIK Marseille is hosting “LES PIERRES SAUVAGES” (WILD STONES), an installation combining architecture, design, and craftsmanship, conceived by Thibault Huguet.

ARCHIK presents “Les Pierres Sauvages”, an exhibition by designer Thibault Huguet showcasing the results of his research conducted in collaboration with marble-working students at the UNICEM campus. Stone is the main focus of this exhibition, as in the eponymous novel by Fernand Pouillon, architect of the reconstruction of Marseille’s Old Port.

Stone lace, openwork blocks, micro-architecture: the artifacts presented in this exhibition show how a designer collaborates with craftsmen to rediscover a material. By questioning the tools, gestures, and practices of these young marble workers, designer Thibault Huguet imagines new applications for the main character of this exhibition, Villebois stone, which is also wild in many ways.

By hosting this project, ARCHIK continues its commitment to supporting young creators and promoting crossovers between architecture, design, and craftsmanship.

For this exhibition, Thibault Huguet chose to work with Villebois stone, a limestone marked by veins and clay faults, which is both demanding and rich in nuances. The result of research conducted with the UNICEM campus in Montalieu-Vercieu, this material reveals, through cutting and polishing, cloud-like patterns and unexpected visual depth, transforming a modest resource into a true surface for expression.

L'artiste

Thibault Huguet, a French designer who graduated from the École Supérieure d’Art et Design de Saint-Étienne, founded his studio in 2020. Based in Brussels and resident at Zaventem Ateliers since 2024, he has developed a cross-disciplinary practice combining creation, research, and transmission. His work explores the links between design and craftsmanship, reinventing techniques and skills through materials. He collaborates with manufacturers as well as French and Belgian artisans, questioning production methods and the boundaries between industry and craftsmanship. In 2024, Mobilier National selected his LAMPE#1 for its collection, then commissioned him to create two PLANE consoles for the Élysée Palace.

In 2022, he co-founded the Meet Met Met collective with Jean-Baptiste Anotin, with whom he curated the Factory spaces at Paris Design Week in 2024, 2025, and 2026. Alongside his studio work, he has been teaching design at the École Boulle for three years.

An encounter between Marseille’s heritage, architectural thinking, and the art of stone cutting, following in the footsteps of Fernand Pouillon.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Dates

Opening reception on Thursday, January 29, 2026, starting at 7 p.m.

Exhibition open from January 29 until April 9, 2026.
No appointment necessary, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Closing event on Monday, March 23
Screening of the film “Le roman d’un Architecte” and presentation of the exhibition by Thibault Huguet

Maison ARCHIK Marseille
50, rue Edmond Rostand – Marseille 06

Designer’s Instagram

@thibaulthuguet_studio

Photographer

@thibaulthuguet_studio

EX LIBRIS I 10 ANS ARCHIK

Septembre – Décembre 2025

To celebrate its 10th anniversary, ARCHIK invited 10 artists and designers to revisit the same object: the bookend. Exclusive editions are presented at our Marseille headquarters through the group exhibition Ex Libris.

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A variation on a theme, drawing on different skills and materials to reveal the stylistic richness of a classic library item that has fallen into disuse.

This exhibition pays tribute to the graphic universe that has surrounded books for centuries, as well as to the artists who still strive to renew the genre today, thereby preserving the magic of libraries, in contrast to the all-digital world.

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A theme that echoes the release of the sixth edition of the Revue, the agency’s annual publication that expresses the founders’ keen interest in printed matter and beautiful books.

Les artistes

A selection of 10 artists and designers who have made or will make a significant contribution to the history of ARCHIK :

Anthony Guerrée

Architecture Céramique (Frédéric Bourdiec)

Atelier George (Ève George & Laurent Fichot)

Capucine Guhur

Charlotte Juillard

Corpus Studio (Ronan Le Grand & Konrad Steffensen)

Romie Objett (Alice Damiens)

Sabourin Costes (Zoé Costes & Paola Sabourin)

StudioFoam (Caroline Venet)

Thibault Huguet

Since 2015, ARCHIK has been exploring the links between real estate, architecture, and design: ten years of collaborations that shape a collective vision of the Art of Living.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Dates

Opening reception on Thursday, September 18, 2025, starting at 7 p.m.

Exhibition open from September 18 to December 31, 2025.

No appointment necessary, Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Maison ARCHIK Marseille
50, rue Edmond Rostand — Marseille 13006

Photo credits
@chaleur.production

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: Var Ponçage
Tiles: Carré Créatif
Sanitary equipment: Richardson / Trone
Brazilian quartzite worktops: Granit & Marbre Gambini
Woodwork: Rabot
Furniture and artwork: Axel Chay / Relax Factory / Pièce a part / Francois Bazin / Architectureceramique / Archik
Paint: Ressource Peintures
Bed linen: La Serviette Paris
Handles: Frederic Pellenq
Travertine: Talka

Original plans & project

Modernist architecture immersed in nature, close to sea and hills

L'ARCHITECTE LA LÉZARDIÈRE

Crédits photosJulie Fleutot
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LE CHANT DES VESTIGES I LDG ART & PATRIMOINE

Juin 2025

ARCHIK is hosting “Le Chant des Vestiges”, a group exhibition conceived by gallery owner Laetitia de Galzain, founder of the LDG Art & Patrimoine gallery.

Manon Garcia del Barrio, artist and textile designer, and La Fille de Tipaza, ceramic artist, invite us into a silent world of materials and textures, white noise and memory.

Sharing a common source of inspiration, the Mediterranean, the two artists offer us an immersion into times long gone, which each of us can approach at our own pace, explore with our eyes, and bring back traces of: fragments of pottery, antique notebooks, treasures from the sea, delicate silhouettes, and majestic forms covered in seaweed and moss.

Carried by the words of Isabelle Alentour, poet of intimacy, the works take shape and voice, revealing life where everything seemed destined to disappear in a subdued, whispered world, where only resistant forms remain.

Les artistes

Manon Garcia del Barrio – textile artist
Manon Garcia del Barrio lives and works in Marseille. She weaves sensitive works from natural fibers and recycled materials, combining textiles, storytelling, and memory. With strong ties to the sea, her work explores the links between materials, territory, and transmission. A graduate of HEAR, she recently completed a residency in Nigeria and exhibited at the Marseille History Museum.

Isabelle Alentour – poet
Born in Marseille, Isabelle Alentour comes from a background in scientific and clinical research. Her poetic writing, nourished by listening and wonder, extends artistic gestures with a hushed, whispered voice. She regularly collaborates with visual artists.

La Fille de Tipaza – ceramic artist
Delphine Picard, alias La Fille de Tipaza, creates ceramic pieces imbued with silence and memory. Inspired by the Mediterranean and the poetry of Albert Camus, she shapes clay with a raw and instinctive sensitivity, making the material the vehicle for an emotion rooted in intimacy and landscape.

Portrait © Caroline Duperray

An exhibition that plunges us
into the abyssal depths of the Mediterranean.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Dates

Opening reception on Thursday, June 26, 2025, starting at 7 p.m.

Exhibition open from June 26 to September 8, 2025.

No appointment necessary, Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Maison ARCHIK Marseille
50, rue Edmond Rostand — Marseille 06

Instagram of the Galerie

@ldg.art.patrimoine

Instagram of Artists

@lafilledetipaza
@manon.garciadelbarrio
@isabellealentour

L’ÉCRIN I MARIE JEUNET

April 2025

ARCHIK welcomes “L'ECRIN”,
an ode to matter imagined by Marie Jeunet.

In the teeming landscape of contemporary design, Parisian artist-designer Marie Jeunet stands out for her luminous sculptures that transcend materials and capture the essence of light. Her delicate, sensitive work magnifies materials such as glass, brass and stone, revealing their singularity through a subtle play of reflections, giving life to hypnotic luminaires conducive to reverie.

These refined creations play on illusion: glass that looks smooth yet is full of history, rigid brass that turns out to be supple, the false lightness of a stone piece…

To stage her exhibition “L’ECRIN”, Marie Jeunet turned to Casamance, a benchmark in fabric publishing. The brand is renowned for its finely crafted fabrics, reflecting expert know-how. For this exhibition, Marie chose a Mennagio mordoré taffeta with a brittle, refined fall.

The Relax Factory tapestry workshop was responsible for the décor, creating a refined space that plays with the drapery of the fabric to evoke the delicate folds of a jewel case, inviting visitors to immerse themselves in a universe that is both raw and sophisticated.

The artist

Passionate about the decorative arts and jewelry, Marie Jeunet imagines her works as interior jewels that, once illuminated, reveal the beauty of the materials they’re made of.

Her unique approach, on the border between art and design, and her attention to detail, make each piece a truly precious object, imbued with sensitivity and grace. A delicate balance, a subtle blend of minimalist forms and dreamlike projections.

Portrait @Esther BARON

A poetic universe where each sculpture becomes an interior jewel

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Dates

Opening on Thursday, April 10, 2025 from 7pm

Exhibition from April 11 to June 20, 2025
No appointment necessary, Monday to Friday, 9am – 6pm

Maison ARCHIK Marseille
50, rue Edmond Rostand – Marseille 6

Designer’s Instagram

@__mariejeunet__

Partners

@casamance
@relaxfactory
@pure&paint

Photograph

@estherbaronwall

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Projet moderniste labellisé Patrimoine du XXe, le Parc du Roy d’Espagne est une vaste opération d’urbanisation du Sud de Marseille partant à l’assaut des contreforts boisés du massif de Marseilleveyre qui sépare le centre-ville des Calanques. Le site naturel aura contribué à orienter le projet des architectes vers le modèle des cités-jardins.

Envisagée dès 1959, la construction sera achevée en 1974. L’ensemble comporte un dégradé de 10 tours portant des noms de régions espagnoles, ainsi que 60 villas individuelles noyées dans la végétation de la forêt, dans un cadre offrant confort, intimité, et détente. L’implantation, attentive à l’exposition solaire et respectueuse du paysage, dessine un plan de masse aéré et discontinu.

S’intégrant dans une vaste pinède, le programme crée une ville haute dans les collines. L’ensemble, qui possède ses propres équipements, allie services publics et privés, activités tertiaires et logements. Ainsi, commerces, écoles, club de loisirs, équipements sportifs en plein air, et accès direct au départ des sentiers des Calanques sont à disposition des habitants.

Guillaume Gillet & Louis Olmeta

Né en 1912 et mort en 1987, Guillaume Gillet est un architecte français, Premier Grand Prix de Rome. Connu pour son architecture moderne, il est à la tête de l’une des principales agences françaises. Il participe à de nombreux concours, réalise d’importants aménagements urbains et programmes immobiliers. Parmi ses œuvres les plus célèbres, on compte l’église Notre-Dame de Royan, le pavillon de la France à l’Exposition universelle de Bruxelles de 1958, l’École nationale de la magistrature à Bordeaux, ou encore la tour le Grand Pavois à Marseille. Une collaboration étroite avec de grands ingénieurs l’amène à travailler sur des structures innovantes, mariant habilement l’art et la technique.

Né en 1906, Louis Olmeta est un architecte marseillais. Ses réalisations se concentrent dans les années 1950 et 1960, au moment où la population augmente fortement dans la cité phocéenne. C’est avec l’arrivée de Gaston Defferre que vont se développer ses projets. En effet, le maire de Marseille lance un programme associant de gros travaux d’aménagement urbain et la construction de grands ensembles immobiliers. Louis Olmeta participe également à de nombreuses réalisations privées, souvent en association avec d’autres architectes. Louis Olmeta associe dans ses réalisations les critères du confort moderne et de l’esthétique traditionnelle par le choix des matériaux de façade et de leur dessin.

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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.