Region: Marseille & Provence

échos

July – September 2021

In collaboration with the Villa Noailles, the Cirva and the Château Borély, ARCHIK presents this summer 2021 'Echoes', an exhibition dedicated to a new generation of designers, all winners of the grand prize of the Design Parade Hyères.

While “Souffles”, the twin exhibition hosted by the Château Borély, focuses on the work of these designers at the Cirva around the material of glass, ARCHIK has chosen to present a set of pieces with a plural vocabulary in response to this research.

In a fresh scenography, the objects imagined by Pernelle Poyet, Samy Rio, Julie Richoz, Carolien Niebling and Sara de Campos, answer each other and lead us in a joyful wandering between plastic experiments and detour of traditional craft production techniques.

Whether it’s lighting, furniture, books or tableware, each object presented testifies to the designers’ desire to build bridges between ideas, between know-how, between worlds. Design as a bridge, as a language, as an echo. Echo between tradition and modernity, between form and color, drawing and volume.

The Designers

Through her Autels Particuliers, Pernelle Poyet questions the evocative power of objects. Her sculptures, creative experiments inspired by the religious and the play of light and shadow, seek to transcribe into volume elements of the drawing.

How can design and its production techniques translate the finesse and nuances of a design? To what extent can they bring a new perspective on an age-old know-how, on the culture of a country? This is the bridge that Julie Richoz has chosen to explore, alongside the publisher Trame: her Giro ceramics made in Fez are the fruit of an enchanting balance between modern vision and traditional craftsmanship.

Samy Rio is also committed to using design as a spokesperson for know-how. With his Dota walker, published by ARCHIK, he confronts bamboo and anodized aluminum, in other words tradition and modernity. The bamboo is handcrafted into a perfect tube, not only giving the piece a contemporary look, but also highlighting the quality and precision of the handwork and the potential of a natural and ecological material.

A deep concern for detail, durability and functionality is also found in the work of Sara de Campos, who since Lisbon has been developing a series of objects and furniture that show a sensitive approach to materials, minimalism that allows each time to reveal the intrinsic beauty of the material.

In another register, Carolien Niebling uses design to unite the fields of science and food. Her work “The Sausage of the Future” questions the techniques of sausage production, often equated with junk food, and imagines new future potentials for them, more consistent with a sustainable food culture.

To go beyond aesthetic considerations, to go beyond formal research to better question the past and the future, to echo the traditions of yesterday and the ecological stakes of tomorrow.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Dates

From July 7, 2021 to the end of September 2021
at the Maison ARCHIK Marseille

The exhibition “Souffles”

From June 12 to November 7, 2021 at the Château Borély in Marseille.

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The Opening

In the heart of an old district of Marseille, a fisherman’s house with a bleached façade has been given a new lease on life after a thorough renovation.

Target

To bring freshness, to remain in the Mediterranean theme of the house, and to preserve itself from the opposite.

Course of action

Provide residents and visitors with a unique experience around local plants and color.

Achievement

The patio, mainly mineral, highlights the beginnings of color, by a blue planter with a lush look, in agreement with other elements: swing, shutters, interior colors. Through the interior staircase, the living room reveals a second terrace, a real living space. To limit the vis-à-vis, the pergola has been woven with ropes, to become the support of two bougainvilleas. The color is brought by the choice of the decoration – cushions, plaids, furniture. The linear white pots placed on the wall, host climbing and falling plants, mitigating the linearity of the latter. Ravel’s terracotta pots serve the space and the plants, bringing softness to the whole. By going back up the central staircase of the house, a last layer is revealed to us: the roof terrace with the appearance of a Greek landscape, with this shade of blue on the ground which, on certain days, harmonizes with the sky. The white bench, punctuated with graphic and dry plants, the summer kitchen with white canisses, the woven suspensions and the seaside furniture from Honoré, offer a total change of scenery as soon as the sun comes out.

A real city oasis, bathed in a resolutely Mediterranean air!

LE QUARTIER

Mazargues

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

L'ARCHITECTE COTE OUTDOOR

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Before …

More than a renovation, this project is a revelation of a rare Type G duplex on the south façade of the Cité Radieuse. The flat was acquired by Cité Radieuse enthusiasts, so the idea was to restore it to its original appearance with the greatest respect for Le Corbusier.

Target

To adapt this flat to a modern family life, by imagining new spaces, while respecting the place’s original design.

Course of action

To create a bright and peaceful family flat. Customize the spaces so that every member of the family makes it its own.

Achievement

On the ground floor, the kitchen was completely refurbished, the niches were revealed, and the entrance furniture was tailor-made. The window frames were given a new lease of life after thorough sanding. On the first floor, the two children’s bedrooms were recreated in length, and the original sliding door was restored to its original state. Charlotte Perriand’s wardrobes were heightened to create a different space for each girl. In the large master bedroom, a desk/bookcase runs along the wall and adds a graphic element. Finally, an incredible cellar on the first floor has been integrated into the flat, creating a vast dressing room on one side and a laundry room on the other.

A delicate renovation, enhancing the work of Le Corbusier while adapting it to our times.

LE QUARTIER

Sainte-Anne

Sainte-Anne is a typical residential area of the "city of 111 villages".

L'ARCHITECTE PURETÉ GRAPHIQUE

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Before…

TAL I KANN DESIGN

November – February 2020

Kann Design invests our Marseilles showcase with its TAL chair signed by Leonard Kadid which is enthroned in our holiday scenography.

Leonard Kadid is an architect and product designer based in Paris. From object to architecture, his studio’s work focuses on structural and material experimentation to explore the intrinsic characteristics of materials.

This exhibition highlights the co-creation of the TAL chair, between the designer and the furniture brand. ARCHIK invited the designer to imagine a scenography that reveals itself as a space of reflection around the design, with the different elements of the chair displayed on the walls.

Kann Design

Founded in Lebanon in 1958 by Kanaan, a renowned carpenter and father of Houssam Kanaan – founder of KANN Design, the Kanaan workshop is the pillar of the KANN Design project.

Having been immersed in furniture since his childhood, Houssam draws inspiration from and relies on the expertise and know-how of the experienced craftsmen who make up the brand’s heritage. Cabinetmakers, welders, upholsterers, painters and canners, most of whom have been with the company since its inception, work passionately, hand in hand, with a concern for creativity, quality and a deep sense of detail.

With this collective of craftsmen, KANN edits and concretizes the ideas and drawings of designers by making timeless furniture, technically irreproachable, and with absolute comfort.

With the taste for beautiful things, defended since its beginnings, KANN Design signs total and made-to-measure realizations, thought in the slightest details and in an always more sustainable approach.

The craft is honored in this scenography dressed in a leafy shade, highlighting the simple and contemporary curves of the TAL chair.

INFORMATIONS PRATIQUES

Dates

From December 2020 to February 2021
at the Maison ARCHIK Marseille

Sites des designers

www.kanndesign.com

Here is the beautiful potential we found right in the Vauban neighborhood: 150 m2 we transformed into a home. We created two contemporary duplexes by recovering the height under the roof.

Target

The stake was to create two family flats, with 3 bedrooms. The tool we used: volume and light! And of course, cherish and reveal the testimonies of the past: the stone window’s frames, the roof structure’s wood beams and the local Cassis’ stones retaining walls. This traditional materials work gives a contemporary and comfy look to the duplexes.

Course of action

We worked on the house plan to rethink the space and allow fluid movement, as a family home should. We created a mezzanine and let the natural light flow into the room. We worked mainly with white and raw materials like wood, and added light touches of colors to soften the atmosphere.

Achievement

In this room, the taylor-made oak joinery underlines the plain white walls and genuinely expands the space, in the wake of the fair wood floors. The skylight around us sheds dancing light on the pink and midnight blue walls. As we move forward, we enter a large living room, going on two floors under a row of windows. The kitchen is structured around a central wooden recess and a bookcase stair leading to the master suite. This architecture achieves to give us an overall feeling of conviviality and intimacy at the same time. As we get closer, we can get a glimpse of what is coming up next. A real cocoon is suspended under the roof, layered with soft carpeting and indirect light. As a natural extension of this space, we find a peaceful parental shower room. As for the children’s side, the two bedrooms share a large bathroom with white ceramics, contrasted with soft pink.

Partner brands

Curation & artwork: Piece A Part
Artwork: Double V Gallery
Furniture (FermLiving & Ethnicraft): Good Design Store
Bed linen: Bonsoirs
Furniture: The Socialite Family

Pictures @OlivierAmsellem

A singular exercise to start from a blank sheet of paper, without constraint and leaving free rein to creation.

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Before…

STUDIO CIAO

Interior Architect

architectes@archik.fr

With 15 years’ experience in advertising in Paris as a creative designer for major brands such as Adidas, Google and Coca-Cola, Nicolas learned what makes great work: simplicity of concept, precision of method and exacting standards of production.

It was when he wanted to put his creativity to work on more concrete, tangible projects that Nicolas Souffleur decided to take the plunge and train in space design at the Ecole Boulle. His first agency experience came in Marseille, at Un Jour D’Avril! At the same time, he discovered ARCHIK’s multidisciplinary approach and entrepreneurial energy. Nourished by this universe, he decided to launch his own business in 2023, creating STUDIO CIAO, specializing in interior design projects for individuals and companies.

During a stay in Shanghai, Nicolas was struck by the work of Ólafur Elíasson, then exhibited at the Long Museum, whose works and their effect on the viewer were specially created and designed for the venue. It’s an approach Nicolas can identify with. A lover of ideas and stories, he initiates each project with a concept that serves as a guiding thread, gives meaning and aims to create spaces and settings that escape standardization and boredom. His materials of choice are wood and concrete for their timeless durability, and mirrors for their ability to transform a space.

With ARCHIK, Nicolas shares the vision of a privileged relationship with his customers, based on a passion for architecture and a tailor-made approach to their project.

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TUBULURE

Septembre – Décembre 2020

Winner of the first edition of the Pli PublicWorkshop, the BehaghelFoiny studio was offered the opportunity to exhibit its colorful pieces at the Maison ARCHIK Marseille.

Their work revolves around a flexible aluminum tube, which they twist and untwist to draw the object in space. To reinforce the silhouette, they then cover it with plaster, fiberglass and resin as needed. The solidified object is then covered with a tinted coating, applied with a knife like an exaggerated textured plaster.

The detour by hand then reveals the alternative potentials of industrial tools. Without reducing materials to their conventional functions, Antoine and Alexis consider them with a primitive eye as raw resources to manipulate. “Tubulure” tends towards a new type of craftsmanship that would mutiny a production system dependent on heavy industry and a standardization of tastes.

Studio BehaghelFoiny

The duo, composed of designers Alexis Foiny and Antoine Behaghel, conceives a new typology of furniture in the form of transitory objects. Starting from the premise that the domestic universe to which we have access in the large distributors seems sometimes stuck in prefabricated and standardized representations, they propose an alternative domestic universe. Also qualified as a laboratory, the design studio multiplies the experiments in an exhaustive way, in the form of an inventory.

A primitive look at the material.
In the midst of industrial resources, they have developed an ability to produce furniture in an absolutely autonomous, and “neo-prehistoric” way.

INFORMATIONS PRATIQUES

Dates

Du 10 septembre 2020 au 10 décembre 2020
à la Maison ARCHIK Marseille

Site des Designers

@BehaghelFoiny design

Scénographie

@paf_atelier 

Crédits photos

@lothaire_et_jenna

Le Vernissage

Coté nuit, deux chambres dont une très confortable se partagent une salle d’eau aux teintes brunes, toute de terre cuite émaillée vêtue. Signe d’un fort partis pris, tous les murs sont revêtus d’un crépi beige qui contraste avec le Frejo des huisseries sur-mesure.

Partout, de jolies pièces de designers ainsi que des œuvres finement sélectionnées répondent à l’esprit des lieux, cabanon chic.