Region: Marseille & Provence

Marion BERNARD

Architect DPLG

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MARION BERNARD is an architecture agency created in 2009 by Manon Gaillet and Sylvain Bérard. Behind this name, created from scratch, lies a very singular duo. They met on the benches of the high school and met again after their studies of architecture in their city of origin: Marseille. Sylvain studied at Pennhingen school and Manon at ENSA Paris-Malaquais, which had a new way of teaching, allowing them to choose a branch of architecture every six months. They won the competition for the construction of the Institut méditerranéen de la ville et des territoires in Marseille, which will be built by 2022, and this encouraged them to continue their collaboration.

Each of them has a singular approach to architecture through graphic design or the range of professions linked to housing, and this duo breaks down the way of thinking about architecture to bring it a generosity centred on the way of living and the space experienced. Their work with concrete in all its forms and effects becomes a signature.

They overcome questions of functionality and use to come closer to the dreamed and imaginary space. The agency’s field of experimentation is growing and diversifying. Urban planning, scenography or exhibitions such as in 2017 for the Pavillon de l’Arsenal, during the curation of the “30 architects” exhibition or more recently for the creation of the Sessùn Alma shop in Marseille. Their love for theatre and decor gives their project a scenic and poetic charge: “We love the dreamlike power of art, which is eminently more abstract than architecture.”

Opening up architecture by inviting art, showing practices and sharing modes of expression will be their leitmotiv in the realization of private and public commissions. By definition, the fact of building freezes. Manon and Sylvain like to work on their projects in such a way that even once they are built, the imagination of each person can still be exercised.

A complete and colorful renovation for this 100 m2 apartment located in a building of the 6th district of Marseille, which was revealed thanks to strong bias.

Target

Bring back to life this apartment where the charm and assets were hidden by too many disparities, while recreating a common thread.

Course of action

The idea was to highlight the titles of nobility of the place, while revealing the taste of its owner and making the kitchen and living room communicate. Then to furnish it, without using neither blue nor green!

Achievement

The colors have slowly imposed themselves, warm, spicy, as well as noble materials like leather, wood and cement tiles.

In the living room, in order to keep the depth and the effect of space that the old ice wall provided, the designer Axel Chay designed an XXL mirror.

The Art Deco type glass roof between the kitchen and the living room creates an elegant opening through which one can enjoy the view without displaying the technical part of the kitchen. The transition between the spaces is smooth, thanks to a kitchen cabinet that looks like a library visible from the living room, creating an aesthetic link between the two rooms. The furnishings have been reorganized, a dining area created and the circulation optimized, with black as a common thread, in small touches, dialoguing with the quarter-top piano. In the kitchen as well as in the alcove, the ceilings were painted to accentuate the feeling of enclosure and intimacy.

In the entrance, the small windows were revealed. The former powder room, hidden behind its double doors, has been completely redesigned and decorated as a boudoir with a Garden of Eden feel.

The bathroom has been treated as a minimalist water room, where the white zelliges with pearly reflections are an invitation to relaxation. The cement tile floor with palm motifs evokes the Orient and its Oases. A touch of rosy terracotta enhances the complexion as soon as you wake up.

An elegant and subtle renovation.

LE QUARTIER

Préfecture

Around the Hôtel de Préfecture, this district is one of the most lively and commercial.

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Before …

Marion GIOVANNETTI

Architect

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An artist since her childhood, Marion naturally went on to study Art History, then architecture at La Villette in Paris, driven by her passion for conception. HMONP architect, she first put her skills at the service of various Parisian agencies, notably as team leader at Axel Schoenert Architecte.

In 2019, she decides to fly on her own and create her agency, to find the space of the sensitive: the history of a place, its inhabitants, their life project and their uses, the material … Originally from the Drôme, she returns to Provence to build and create in places that make her vibrate for their light, their landscape and their colors. She fell in love with Marseille for its sea and its cultural diversity, and settled there in 2020.

Passionate about the art of living in general and inspired by nature, travel, and world craftsmanship, Marion is particularly fond of “full-body” materials such as wood, concrete, terracotta, stone and glass, for their ability to last and develop a patina over time without losing their essence.

She exercises the profession of architect in its rigor and its range of responsibilities, adopting the role of conductor and creative master. In her renovations, she gives pride of place to the play of light that evolves with the day and the seasons.

With ARCHIK, Marion shares this same passion for the art of living. Convinced that together we are stronger, she joined the team to accompany you on your renovation projects in Marseille and its surroundings.

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États de verre I ATELIER GEORGE

Novembre 2022 – Février 2023

As part of the launch of its Revue N°4 on the theme of glass, ARCHIK presents an exhibition as a tribute to this timeless, malleable and infinitely reusable material, which has been present in architecture and design for decades.

This exhibition highlights the co-creation of the TANGO edition. ARCHIK has given Atelier George carte blanche to create a scenography illustrating the blown glass technique through the production of the TANGO edition and the cast glass alongside a selection of pieces from its “Cime” collection.

The TANGO edition is displayed among the laser-cut poplar moulds used to create the fluted decoration of each element of this nomadic set. It consists of a carafe and two glasses that fit together like Russian dolls to create a sculptural totem.

On the other side, an extract from the “Cime” collection by Atelier George. The pieces were created by taking impressions of plants in molten glass. Cradled by the planet’s vibrations, this line encapsulates traces of the surrounding plant world. They light up, rest or cling.

Atelier George

Atelier George is a duo composed of Eve George and Laurent Fichot, designers and glassblowers.

After studying at the Ecole Boulle, then at the ENSCI in Paris, Eve specialised in glass. She joined the CERFAV – Centre Européen de Recherche et de Formation aux Arts Verrier – and became a Compagnon Verrier. For his part, Laurent, who comes from a family of ceramists, benefited from training from an early age.

Laurent, for his part, studied art throwing and cane blowing, and then became a professional in fine houses such as Cristalleries Saint-Louis or Lalique, and in artisanal workshops such as Biot. He joined the Centre International d’Art Verrier (Meisenthal) where he made custom-made pieces for designers and artists.

At Atelier George, they work together from design to production. Their work includes lighting, tableware and wall tiles, all made using molten glass techniques. Each object in the Atelier is unique: thanks to the mastery of glass blowing, the objects are never reproduced identically.

Opaline globes, wooden moulds and broken glass make up this scenography inspired by a glassblower’s workshop.

INFORMATIONS PRATIQUES

Dates

De novembre 2022 à février 2023
à la Maison ARCHIK Marseille

Site des designers

www.atelier-george.fr

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Caroline CACCIATORE

Interior Designer

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With a degree in urban planning and real estate law, Caroline worked for 12 years on urban renewal and renovation of run-down housing in downtown Marseille, before devoting herself to her passion for design and decoration.

With a background in space design and after numerous real estate projects, she created her agency to put her passion at the service of her clients and create with them custom-made, timeless and graphic spaces.

In her work, Caroline favors the combination of natural and living materials that patinate with time, as well as neutral tones. She likes to emphasize the shapes and architectural uniqueness of certain elements with bright and contrasting colors, in order to create a soft and warm atmosphere. Finally, she attaches particular importance to creating custom-made spaces that are functional and adapted to the occupants’ lifestyle in order to provide them with well-being in their daily lives.

Cultivating a particular attraction to the modern movement with its minimalist lines and raw materials, she believes in the continuity between art, design and architecture and the mixing of styles.

So naturally, she got closer to ARCHIK and its family spirit. And accompanies you in your renovation projects in Marseille with determination and rigor.

CARO INSPI 5

This duplex apartment in the heart of the Antiquaires district, is representative of a classic 18th century architecture. It is also a real jewel of historical heritage, perfectly preserved, which was waiting to be revitalised with a more contemporary touch. Revamped by the interior designer Chrystel Laporte, it is the result of a bold gamble: to bring a modern touch to an upper middle-class setting and turn it into a welcoming family flat.

Target

Transforming a flat occupied by a couple into a family flat, making the spaces more functional and personalised, creating a large family kitchen, access to the unused terrace, creating a new bathroom upstairs.

Course of action

To preserve the charm while modernizing; to bring lightness despite sometimes, little bit loaded elements; to emphasize what makes the flat unique; to be graphic and surprising by creating contrast.

Achievement

We simplified the existing ornamentation by working with whites and light to enhance it. We renovated the beautiful wood floors, with a more contemporary matt finish. We added more contemporary elements, such as the striated glass on the doors and cement tiles, but still respectful of the style of the architecture. To access the terrace, we designed an arty staircase, in a bright color responding to the immaculate white kitchen. To create contrast, was placed the ultra-contemporary kitchen directly on inlaid parquet, and the light and airy lighting fixtures were chosen to soften the heavy ceiling. We rekindle the terrace with masonry benches, cactus, and white walls, giving to it a nice Mediterranean feel.

A beautiful re-birth!

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Before…

In the heart of Mazargues, the exterior of this apartment was already structured by its shape but never really invested. A challenge in only 50 m2!

Target

The exterior of this apartment, located close to the hills of Marseille, was already structured by its shape but never invested. It consisted of a wooden terrace that covered the entire space, and on the side, an outdoor shower/mini pool to cool off in the summer. It was essential for the clients to protect themselves from the opposite side of the house, to occupy this exterior as a real additional living room. A challenge in only 50m².

Course of action

Vegetate the whole space, but also create real distinct living spaces.

Achievement

The shower/mini pool area has been rethought in the choice of materials, a square blue Onyx mosaic has been put in place, to allow this element visible from the living room, to be an “object” highlighted summer and winter. The low wall separating it from the terrace was widened to provide a comfortable seat on both the shower/mini pool side and the terrace side. Facing this element, a module in waxed concrete and red cedar comes to dress the wall until now unoccupied and is broken up of several elements: air conditioner cover, summer kitchen and large masonry bench. These elements allow the installation of a lounge area, to spend convivial moments from the arrival of the beautiful days.

To protect the terrace from the opposite side, the openwork red cedar and metal screens close the terrace on the hillside without depriving the owners of the green view. The colors of the landscape are also found on the terrace: shades of green/gray for the plants, Ravel pottery in white terracotta, and a planter in earth fiber. Even the choice of furniture (Fermob and Arkimueble) links the different shades of the hills and the sea that is so dear to them.

Finally, a custom-made awning protects the entire length of the terrace and custom-made seat cushions have been designed in nautical fabrics, all made to measure for optimal comfort.

A renovation that smells like summer!

LE QUARTIER

Mazargues

A real village in the city, it has kept this spirit around its shopping streets.

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Un jour d’avril

Interior Designer

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Chrystel and Nicolas, interior designers for the agency “Un jour d’avril”, are passionate about design, color and custom furniture design. They have both worked in the advertising sector, one in art direction and the other in editorial design. They work in Marseille and its surroundings as well as in Paris.

Un Jour d’Avril, an agency founded in 2008, became an ARCHIK partner in 2016. The agency renovates and refurbishes interiors with a founding principle: “A place tells a story that we seek to respect. We share with ARCHIK a certain idea of style and respect for places.”

Their strong ideas? To use constraints to turn them into assets, to play with colors and perspectives and always to imagine a strong and creative element. Charming houses typically from Marseille, beautiful bourgeois apartments or more contemporary spaces, no interior escapes their enthusiasm and their ideas.

Creative and inspired, Chrystel and Nicolas can choose to divert furniture, materials and create surprise by details “in order to place the attention where it should be”.

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