Region: Marseille & Provence

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

Dans le contexte de l’expansion urbaine des Trente Glorieuses, l’ensemble résidentiel de La Rouvière à Marseille constitue l’une des opérations majeures de logements collectifs du Sud de la ville.

Édifiée entre 1961 et 1971 sur les hauteurs du 9ᵉ arrondissement, La Rouvière se compose d’un vaste ensemble de bâtiments organisés selon une logique fonctionnelle et rationnelle. L’architecture, sobre et répétitive, affirme une horizontalité marquée par la succession régulière des balcons filants et des façades épurées, privilégiant la lisibilité des volumes et l’efficacité constructive.

Implantée dans un environnement paysager ouvert sur les collines, la résidence intègre commerces et services de proximité, traduisant une volonté d’autonomie urbaine caractéristique des grands ensembles de l’époque.

Dominant la ville et visible depuis de nombreux points du paysage marseillais, La Rouvière constitue l’une des plus importantes copropriétés d’Europe et demeure aujourd’hui une figure emblématique de l’urbanisme résidentiel des années 60, synthèse du travail de Raoul Guyot en faveur d’un habitat collectif structuré et accessible.

Raoul Guyot

Né en 1904 et mort en 1977, l’architecte français Raoul Guyot s’inscrit parmi les acteurs de la modernisation urbaine des Trente Glorieuses. Formé à l’École des Beaux-Arts, il développe une architecture tournée vers les besoins sociaux de l’après-guerre, participant à l’essor des grands ensembles résidentiels destinés à répondre à la forte demande en logements.

Son travail s’attache à une conception rationnelle et fonctionnelle de l’habitat collectif. Il privilégie des volumes lisibles, une écriture architecturale sobre et répétitive, ainsi qu’une organisation pensée à l’échelle du quartier, intégrant commerces et services de proximité. Cette approche traduit une volonté de structurer durablement le tissu urbain tout en offrant un cadre de vie cohérent aux habitants.

Par ses réalisations, Raoul Guyot participe ainsi à la transformation du paysage marseillais, laissant une empreinte durable dans l’histoire architecturale de la seconde moitié du XXᵉ siècle.

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.

An original exhibition,

fun and uninhibited!

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Dates

TOPLESS I SUMMER POOL PARTY

July 19, 2024

Case Study House – Marseille

Designers’ Instagram

@ekhibusquet

@matthieuvergote

@axel_chay

@manondelaune_

@tapicheri

With the participation of

@emkipop @savonnerie.ciment @domaineaspras @fermob @laservietteparis @nenesparis @pure_and_paint

 

Photos @manondelaune_

ENCLAVE I CAPUCINE GUHUR

June 2024

A harmonious scenography highlighting the value of materials and form.

Imagined by Capucine Guhur, who invites François Leite and Louis Lefebvre, this six-handed exhibition focuses on the objet-oeuvre, transforming everyday objects into unique pieces and fusing aesthetics and functionality.

ENCLAVE explores creativity through original sculptures, demonstrating a constant desire to push the boundaries of art and architecture while capturing the unique essence of each artist.

Capucine Guhur’s OKO collection dialogues with François Leite’s lighting fixtures and Louis Lefebvre’s wool and metal installations, creating a poetry of the everyday. The artists imagine living places and objects, offering unique atmospheres where materiality expresses itself with radicality, redefining the boundaries between art and design.

CAPUCINE GUHUR

Capucine Guhur, a graduate of the Camondo School, the Paris Decorative Arts and the School of Interior Architecture and Design, sublimates materials with a unique sensibility.

Passionate about places and spaces, she conceives her projects by intimately combining object design and interior architecture. A finalist for the Grand Prix d’Architecture d’Intérieur at the Design Parade Toulon 2021, she impressed with her singular installation “Le Dernier Repas”, a mythological dining room where each object tells a story.

Capucine places great importance on the local origin of the materials she uses, combining tradition and innovation. Her creations, imbued with stories and poetry, redefine the boundaries between art and design.

 

ARCHIK and CAPUCINE GUHUR invite you to discover works that redefine the boundaries between art and design.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Dates

Opening on Thursday June 20th from 7pm

By appointment only, daily from 9:30 am to 6:30 pm at Maison ARCHIK Marseille

Instagram des designers

@capucine_guhur___

@francoisleite

@et_truc

In the heart of Vauban, this townhouse entirely restructured by architect now enjoys an outdoor patio redesigned in a Mediterranean spirit, to enjoy every day.

Objectif

Develop this small area nestled at the back of the house, and bring together all the functions of an exterior, playing on its connection with the large living room.

Ligne de conduite

The intention was to free up the space while integrating it into the interior renovation thanks to the choice of materials, to blur the inside-outside boundary, typical of the Marseilles way of life.

The 4.50 by 2.50 meter freijo wood bay window naturally connects the two spaces.

Mise en oeuvre

The idea was to work with masonry elements to gain space and create rhythm. Basin, benches and planters are directly inserted into the volume of the patio, which is now ready to house the bulk of the summer kitchen. The tree planters in the background break the verticality of the space, and are composed of strelitzia reginae and augusta, aspidistra, and euphorbia ingens and myrsinite.

The strict lines of the elements are mixed with raw and mineral materials in warm tones to invoke the sweetness of Mediterranean living.

While the walls are adorned with a light sand-colored plaster, the floor is entirely covered with tiles made of quartz powder and salmon-colored granite with an aged look by the Italian brand La Pietra Compattata. The southern influence continues in the choice of outdoor furniture, with the custom-made dark brick-colored seat cushions and the terracotta tiled table, made by Honoré.

A summer feeling all year round.

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NOUVELLE MAISON STUDIO

Interior Designers & decorators

Nouvelle Maison Studio is the story of an adventure between two people: Rodolphe Roletto, Architect DPLG and Virginie Monroe, Decorator. Together, they build bridges between their passions of fashion, art, architecture and 20th century design.

Before opening their studio, the couple created a chic and bohemian world of high fashion jewellery for several years. They designed and opened several boutiques with refined interiors in Paris, Marseille and Lille, while collaborating with well-known brands such as Annick Goutal, Agnès B., Tara Jarmon, Maje…

From this past in fashion, they have kept the taste for careful finishing, and the detail that makes the difference. “Our strength is our complementarity, we have two visions of the business, allowing us to take a global view.”

The founding duo takes pleasure in offering a complete range of services, from construction to interior design, reflecting the personality of their clients while respecting the spirit of the place. Their eclectic style is interested in pure lines, in light that highlights a volume, in noble materials that come together without fading, in colour that creates emotion, in a fair balance between tradition and modernity.

By opening a brand new space in Marseille in the booming Longchamp / Cinq avenues district, Rodolphe and Virginie are expressing their desire to put their creativity and skills at the service of individuals and professionals. Like ARCHIK, they place great emphasis on the quality of customer relations when accompanying a renovation project.

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Complete renovation of an old townhouse orchestrated by JoBe Architecture and ARCHIK to create an open and friendly living space, turned towards natural light.

Target

At the bend of a steep alley in the heart of the typical Vauban district, an old townhouse evokes the Marseille of yesteryear. On this playground, the will of the renovation duo was to create an open living space, turned towards natural light and inviting to conviviality. For an art of living à la marseillaise.

Course of action

The intention was to give this townhouse, with its succession of small, narrow, dark rooms, a Mediterranean flair as well as a functionality suited to urban family life. To enlarge the house and offer an isolated and suspended parental space, an attic mezzanine was created above the living room. The new floor plan is distributed over 4 levels of living space, with an aerial staircase as a common thread.

Achievement

The interior charm of the house echoes the Mediterranean way of life, with its raw and mineral materials in warm tones and its sand-colored resin floor.

On the first floor, the objective was to create a functional and comfortable entry space for daily use. The concrete staircase, the backbone of the house, provides direct access to the living areas.

The second floor offers two bedrooms and a children’s playroom with artist’s frescoes, adorned with cream curly carpeting, as well as a pleasant bathroom in total terracotta look where a tiled niche welcomes the bathtub.

The heart of the house is discovered through a terracotta cloister. A large bay window in freijo wood opens the living room on the terrace and its pond, letting the sun fill the living room. On the other side, the open kitchen offers a terracotta tiled island and a recycled plastic worktop in beige tones.

The climb ends with the master suite. A beautiful attic room with its adjoining shower room entirely tiled with grey ceramic, including a white matte pedestal sink.

Partner brands:

Furniture: Relax Factory
Paint: Pure& Paint
Switches and sockets: Fontini by Font Design
Lighting: Enamoura, Axel Chay, ARCHIK x Studio Foam, etc.
Artwork: Double V Gallery
Tableware and decoration: Franca, Revol, etc.
Bedding: Le Matelas Français
Household linens: La Serviette Paris
Bathroom fixtures: Trône
Mural: Avrandinis
Outdoor furniture: Honoré Déco

Outdoor

The outdoor space has been cleared and landscaped to bring together all the functions of an outdoor space in a small area. A pool, a dining area and masonry benches invite you to relax. In the background, planters give rhythm to the whole and break the verticality of this space located at the back of the house.

A stylish renovation with a singular character, inviting to conviviality.

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