Region: Paris & Île de France

RAMBOUILLET

Located 45 minutes south-east of Paris, Rambouillet is set in a clearing between valleys and forest, in the heart of the Haute Vallée de Chevreuse Natural Park. A natural setting that shapes the atmosphere of this discreet town, where heritage, architecture and landscape interact without excess.

The town’s history dates back to the 11th century, around a seigniorial castle and a parish church. The ancient layout can still be seen in today’s town: a human-sized center, structured around historic axes and buildings with simple, solid lines.

The Château de Rambouillet, long a royal and then presidential residence, marks the heart of the town. On its outskirts, the park and forest create a permanent breathing space, accessible on foot or by bike.

Rambouillet’s town planning blends middle-class houses, 1930s pavilions, resort architecture and contemporary buildings. Today, the town attracts people looking for a peaceful lifestyle close to nature.

MASQUE QUARTIER 4 - RAMBOUILLET
MASQUE QUARTIER 5 - RAMBOUILLET

ARCENCIELOPHILE I EKHI BUSQUET

April 2025

ARCHIK welcomes “arcencielophile”,
an exhibition under the chromatic arc of Ekhi Busquet.

A retrospective of the designer and artistic director’s collaborations, this exhibition is a veritable immersion in her sunny, polychromatic universe, an ode to the palette of colors that characterizes her, to her love of the prism, a meteorological miracle.

An arcencielophile is someone who, after a rain shower, looks up
to the sky in search of this colorful miracle. A hunter of technicolor emotions, an aesthete of the fleeting, a collector of celestial reflections.
It’s also a state of mind: a way of seeing life in nuances, of believing in joy after the storm, of walking on the side of the sun as an art of living. For there’s something almost militant in the rainbow: a demand for beauty, a reminder that unexpected poetry can emerge from any contrast or disruption.

In her creations, the Basque designer plays with architectural lines, awakened by the bold colors that have become her signature. Her pieces are designed to last, transcending trends and embodying a form of modernity at the crossroads of the functional and the cosmic.

On the occasion of her exhibition at our Parisian Maison ARCHIK, Ekhi Busquet will be showing the fruit of her collaborations with Atelier Paolo, Fabien Barrero Carsenat and Kymo Floor. But above all, she will be previewing her second collaboration with designer Matthieu Vergote: the Seins-Germain collection of blown glasses, the fruit of their characteristic joyful impertinence!

The artist

Designer and art director, Ekhi celebrates a desacralized vision of design and puts her crayons at the service of the “World to Come”. In keeping with the commitments she made early on in her career, she makes a point of signing collaborations with a strong social and environmental impact.

Born in Bayonne, France, and a graduate of the École Boulle in Paris and the Politecnico di Milano, Ekhi began her career with major luxury houses, where she headed the scenography department before founding her own global design studio. For the past 8 years, Ekhi has been applying her talent to 360° creative playgrounds (Art Direction, Digital Content, Retail, Interior Architecture, etc.).

With a solar energy and an emancipated vision, Ekhi multiplies projects, distinguishing itself with polychromic creations for big names (Pierre Hermé, L’Oréal, Dior) as well as for committed and promising young start-ups.

Portrait @Alice JACQUEMIN

“For this sunny exhibition, ARCHIK has given me carte blanche to play with my favorite material: joy! Together we’ll celebrate the beautiful vector of change”.

Ekhi BUSQUET

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Dates

Opening Thursday, April 3, 2025 from 6:30 pm

Exhibition on view from April 4 to June 2025

By appointment Monday to Friday, 10 am – 6:30 pm

Maison ARCHIK Paris

14 rue de Montmonrency 75003

Designers Instagram

@ekhibusquet

LA VILLETTE

Formerly the village of La Villette, this neighborhood of new cultural and artistic horizons is located in the north of the 19th arrondissement.

Halfway between the Paris of yesterday and today, La Villette is a district in full renewal. In just a few years, it has become a dynamic and philanthropic hub, combining contemporary architecture, leisure, culture and nature to become one of Paris’s must-see attractions.

Urban and cultural, the Parc de la Villette is one of the largest in the capital. In fine weather, its lawns play host to prestigious open-air events such as the Jazz and Film Festivals, and throughout the year, its museums and leisure facilities are open to the public. We particularly appreciate the Cité de la Musique and the Philharmonie de Paris, with its fabulous, innovative building designed by Jean Nouvel.

MASQUE QUARTIER 4 - LA VILLETTE
MASQUE QUARTIER 5 - LA VILLETTE

TOTEM

January 2025

To celebrate the start of an intense new year, ARCHIK invites you to discover “Totem”, an exhibition featuring the architectural duo HEJU Studio and their unique vision of timeless, sustainable design.

“Totem” is a retrospective of HEJU Studio’s collaborations with French brands and galleries sharing the same values of timelessness and sustainability: Ressource, Carocim, Nobodinoz, La Lune and Virginie Lesage. Through a selection of furniture collections, materials and artworks, this exhibition celebrates a singular aesthetic where rounded reliefs, graphic forms and primitive architectural vocabulary intertwine to create sensitive, poetic objects.

Sculptural furniture, graphic cement tiles, subtle hues and objets d’art: each piece on display embodies a dialogue between minimalism and expressive architectural forms. The totemic figure, omnipresent in their work, becomes here the common thread of a universe where craft, material and light meet.

Les artistes

Hélène Pinard and Julien Schwartzmann, architects and founders of Heju Studio, met at the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Strasbourg, where they graduated top of their class. Together, they have created a unique universe inspired by Japanese and Scandinavian aesthetics.

Their sensitive, spontaneous approach optimizes spaces, challenges codes and brings emotion and poetry to everyday life. They attach great importance to materials, colors and textures, creating atmospheres that appeal to all the senses.

Fervent advocates of the continuity between art, design and architecture, they conceive projects that merge disciplines and inspirations. Each project is unique, reflecting a luminous, calm simplicity enriched by a distinctive personality.

An invitation to plunge into the world of HEJU Studio, where architecture dialogues with design in a quest for balance and poetry.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Dates

Opening Thursday, January 16, 2025 from 7pm

Exhibition from January 16, 2025 to March 16, 2025

Open Monday to Friday, 10 am to 6.30 pm, by appointment only

Maison ARCHIK Paris

Designers Instagram

@hejustudio

Located in a historic and highly sought-after condominium in the 10th arrondissement, this apartment with its industrial origins was in good condition, but its U-shaped floor plan deserved to be rethought. It is built around a 9 m2 terrace, whose charm was just waiting to be revealed.

Objective

Rediscover a plan that’s easier to live in, with an open kitchen, larger shower room, separate WC and, of course, more storage space. Bring the terrace back to life as a real bonus room. More light in the kitchen.

Line of conduct

Preserve the atypical charm of the premises and the remarkable old features. Echo the greenery of the terrace by punctuating the apartment with flat expanses of green.

Assume the “countryside in Paris” ambience, which combines industrial codes (black metal skylights, antique doors, retro-style electric radiators), country-inspired antique furniture such as the farm table and framed kitchen fronts, and the Mediterranean softness embodied by the raw materials of the South of France: terracotta and waxed concrete.

Implementation

A complete renovation that places the kitchen next to the terrace, giving each a place at the heart of the apartment. A previously under-utilized space was upgraded with the creation of a custom-made office, entirely painted a deep green to become a real bonus room.

A parquet floor painted white to unify the whole and let the light circulate: a bold choice, but one that paid off.

An ultra-optimized bathroom in which waxed concrete-covered formwork conceals technical elements and creates hidden niches and storage.

Original plans & project

A haven of peace and light with simple beauty.

L'ARCHITECTE CARMIN

  • Crédits photosBertrand Fompeyrine BCDF
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The before …

Transforming a commercial space, using light, space and raw materials in a way that respects the existing building.

Before …

Target

Convert a commercial space on the first floor of a 1980s building into living space, while revealing the qualities of the existing building.

Course of action

The building’s orientation (East-West), its relationship to the exterior (garden and street) and its structure (reinforced concrete) were the three characteristics that guided the design process.

The plan expresses this orientation, allowing the building to “follow the sun” throughout the day, and thus to have a living space that changes atmosphere according to the light. The existing reinforced concrete structure organizes the apartment and creates sequences. It is also the starting point for the materiality. The brutality of concrete contrasts with the warmth of oak and the preciousness of stainless steel. The painted oak floor is deliberately neutral and light, like a backdrop for the furniture. Framing is used to reveal, give depth, set the scene or escape. They create transversal relationships between the reception and service areas.

Achievement

To make the transition from commercial to residential use, the street entrance was modified to create a new relationship with the street, and to distance the building from it by opening onto the garden.

A new street façade was created, and the first floor was turned into a living space by “inhabiting” the windows: in the kitchen in the living area and the dressing room in the bedroom.

On the garden side, a generous bench was created to encourage contemplation.

The building presented a number of technical constraints, notably the presence of water and air drainage systems. Meticulous work had to be carried out on site on the false ceilings to keep the volumes uncluttered and make them a strength of the project.

Original plans & project

An ambience combining raw elegance and luminous warmth.

L'ARCHITECTE Louis EISENLHOR

architectes@archik.fr
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bb

September 2024

For Paris Design Week 2024, ARCHIK is teaming up with CORPUS STUDIO for an immersive experience at the heart of design.

For this 4th edition of PDW, ARCHIK presents the work of Ronan and Konrad, architects and designers, founders of CORPUS STUDIO.
A selection of pieces from their bb collection, featuring a range of metals with different finishes, all hand-crafted in the foundry. Exclusively, new custom-designed pieces will be presented in a hushed setting, creating an immersive, cottony scenography.

bb is for baby, the first love, for Brigitte Bardot, voluptuous and suave, for Babybel© and its ingenious red wax shell that divides into several quarters.

A collection imagined through an empirical game of assembling shapes, all derived from one and the same element: a simple wheel – one of the most elementary shapes – poetically divided, repeated and assembled to ultimately create a multitude of functional objects.

CORPUS STUDIO

Founded by Ronan Le Grand and Konrad Steffensen, CORPUS STUDIO stands out for its transdisciplinary vision, fusing architecture, decorative arts, art and furniture. The duo create unique spaces and atmospheres by optimizing the specificities of each location. Their analytical and collaborative approach, supported by a network of experts, enables them to develop solutions that are both rational and sensitive. The result: poetic spaces that play with volumes, light and textures to offer an aesthetic and functional experience, where every detail contributes to a harmonious and comfortable atmosphere.

 

“From these objects emerges a sculptural and functional dimension, oscillating between angle and roundness, rigor and humor, minimalism and maximalism.”

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Dates

Paris Design Week from September 5 to 14, 2024

Opening Saturday September 7 from 7pm

Open daily from 10 am to 6 pm

at Maison ARCHIK Paris

Designers’ Instagram

@corpus.studio

Photo credits

@firminbiville I @mathildehiley

In a 1930 building designed by architects Jean Ginsberg and François Heep, this apartment needed to be optimized. Reinterpreted by architect Baptiste Legué, the space now boasts a modernist cachet.

Objective

Restore the radiance of a 1930s apartment by bringing in light and circulation.

Line of conduct

Creating a soft, luminous atmosphere was the common thread running through this renovation. Inviting light into every room to highlight mineral materials such as terrazzo and waxed concrete.

Implementation

The transformation of the apartment was radical: all partitions were removed, leaving only the structural elements in place. The floors underwent a complete overhaul to accommodate a mix of terrazzo and carpet. A set of furniture was carefully custom-designed and discreetly integrated into the existing environment. This approach re-established simple volumes and perfectly harmonized the apartment’s overall aesthetic.

A modernist setting that plays on contrasts.

L'ARCHITECTE DIPTYQUE

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