Region: Marseille & Provence

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

Le dernier étage est consacré à l’intimité avec un studio de yoga baigné de lumière et une généreuse suite parentale composée d’un dressing et d’une salle d’eau. À chaque niveau, les terrasses offrent un nouveau point de vue sur les collines du Roucas-Blanc, les jardins environnants et la mer qui accompagne discrètement le quotidien.

La circulation de l’air, les nombreux ventilateurs, les murs blancs, la végétation omniprésente et les matériaux naturels procurent une étonnante sensation de fraîcheur. L’ensemble évoque les plus belles maisons méditerranéennes, entre Marseille et les Cyclades, dans une atmosphère à la fois apaisante, familiale et intemporelle.

Carnations | Caroline Venet

2020

‛Carnations’ est un travail de recherche mêlant réemploi de cuir et terre porcelaine recyclée.

This is a limited series of objects and furniture for the home, unique pieces handmade in France, made in collaboration with ceramist Fanny Richard, leatherworker Aurélie Chadaine, and the tile factory Normandy Ceramics.

The leather scraps, end of series or rejects from the fashion industry, are collected to be revalorized, sublimated by their asperities, irregularities of the skin, scars, natural wrinkles or veins, which make the uniqueness of each object. It is a meeting of materials and know-how, between the suppleness of a leather skin and the velvetiness of hard porcelain or enamelled stoneware.

Out of a desire to perpetuate Studiofoam’s enchanting universe, and still in this logic of offering a global package, we have co-published ONDE(S), a limited edition luminous suspension.

Caroline Venet

Caroline Venet created Studiofoam in 2017, which she conceives as a research laboratory. Through this design studio, Caroline proposes a unique interpretation of materials, questions manufacturing techniques and processes, between innovation and traditional know-how. The designer explores the boundaries between art, craft and design. She develops a multiple approach, from experimentation to installation, from material and surface design to product design, set design, scenography and art direction.

It is a meeting of materials and know-how, between the suppleness of a leather skin and the velvetiness of hard porcelain or glazed stoneware.

INFORMATIONS PRATIQUES

Dates

Mars 2020 à Juin 2020 à
la Maison ARCHIK Marseille

Novembre 2020 à Mars 2021 à
la Maison ARCHIK Paris

Site du Designer

@ studio foam

Le Vernissage

En contrebas, le jardin conçu par Jean Mus compose une véritable scène méditerranéenne. Orangers, pins centenaires, potager discret et terrain de pétanque dessinent un paysage structuré, entre végétation maîtrisée et espaces de vie. L’espace piscine prolonge cette sensation : cuisine d’été, tonnelle bioclimatique, terrasses… autant de lieux pensés pour habiter l’extérieur avec évidence.

Une maison annexe de 60 m² avec garage et accès privatif, actuellement occupée par une gardienne et une dépendance de 40 m² complètent ce bien d’exception.

Une adresse précieuse, où chaque instant épouse la beauté du lieu, entre héritage Art Déco et douceur de vivre méditerranéenne.

Une adresse précieuse, où chaque instant épouse la beauté du lieu, entre héritage Art Déco et douceur de vivre méditerranéenne.

Façonner l’imaginaire | Amélie Maison d’Art

September – October 2019

ARCHIK continues its exploration of architecture, art and design by inviting the Parisian gallery Amelie Maison d'Art for this new exhibition.

Since ancient times in the Near and Middle East, the clay architectural model has explored, in a more or less explicit way, the relationship to reality and the sacred. Similarly, throughout the centuries, the practice of “paper architecture”, also called “visionary architecture”, has often been used by architects and artists to experiment with utopian projects and represent imaginary spaces. These conceptual drawings and models reflect a desire to imagine the world of tomorrow in the image of man, sometimes in opposition to the rationality of technology.

Pushing back the boundaries of art, craft and architecture, the sculptures and works on paper presented in “Shaping the Imagination” return us to this practice. Anouk Albertini’s series of monolithic buildings and natural biomorphic forms announce their relationship to the body with their titles “Family” and “Couple”. In parallel, Pilar Angeloglou’s constructions, like archaeological sites, are evocative of ancient and traditional architecture. Frédéric Heurlier Cimolaï’s work on paper, evoking mass plans, is intrinsic to his formal research on the proportions and modulations of space. Finally, Delphine Brabant’s radical constructions refer us to a monumental and brutalist architecture, communicating an expressive force to modernist and utopian currents.

Exhibited in the ARCHIK HOUSE, a place of work and creation around architecture, the pieces presented in “Façonner l’imaginaire” gain in autonomy and manifest their status as both objects and carriers of ideas.

Amelie Maison d'Art

“Since the beginning, our bias has been towards contemporary abstract art, which we feel is the strongest expression of the creative freedom of each artist who must create his or her own pictorial vocabulary.

Unlike figuration, abstraction also allows for an unlimited field of interpretation where the imagination of each artist is put to the test. Never seeing the same thing twice in a painting is the strength of abstraction.

We want to bring out a new generation of artists who deserve a prominent place in the art market.

Whether they are young or already present in prestigious collections, what all our artists have in common is their talent and the potential that our committee of experts recognises in them.

Our mission is to accompany them in their work, to increase their visibility, their notoriety and their rating.”

These conceptual drawings and models bear witness to a desire to imagine the world of tomorrow in the image of man, sometimes in opposition to the rationality of technology.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Dates

September – October 2019
at Maison ARCHIK Marseille

Exhibition curator

Cari Gonzalez-Casanova

Gallery website

@ amelie maison d’art

The Opening

Côté nuit, autour du patio, les quatre chambres enfants pensées en mezzanine s’organisent par paires autour de deux salles de bains communes immaculées, selon une conception pensée pour la vie familiale. Au terme de cette déambulation, la suite parentale dévoile des volumes plus généreux où les codes des années 70 s’expriment avec audace : boiseries, portes de placards en verre fumé et murs aux tonalités rose poudré.

Elle se prolonge par une salle d’eau sculpturale, où le bleu canard dialogue avec des étagères aux lignes organiques et une spectaculaire douche circulaire baignée d’une lumière naturelle. Une buanderie ainsi que des espaces de rangement viennent compléter ce niveau.
En entresol, un espace de 70 m2 pouvant bénéficier d’une entrée indépendante offre de multiples projets d’aménagement.

Le jardin verdoyant planté de lauriers, orangers et bougainvilliers vient parfaire ce décor de rêve et réserve un emplacement de stationnement pour deux véhicules.

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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