An apartment in Le Corbusier's most famous mutli-family building — La Cité Radieuse (Radiant City) in Marseilles, France — has been furnished for the current residents by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec. Originally furnished by Charlotte Perriand and Jean Prouvé when the building was completed in 1952, the new look pays homage to the original vision with a varied collection of Bouroullec designs:
From the Bouroullec Studio:
As an echo to Charlotte Perriand and Jean Prouvé's original furniture of the space, it seemed natural to us to articulate the remodeling around the SteelWood collection, Magis — including a table, some chairs and a shelving system. Additionally, while remembering that Le Corbusier had a special interest in tapestries, we felt comfortable with the idea of installing a group of Clouds, Kvadrat up on the wall. Finally, a Zip carpet, Vitra and two of our latest lighting designs, including Lampalumina, Bitossi and LightHouse, Established & Sons and Venini, complete this ephemeral remodeling project.
Apartment 50 will be open for guests to tour this summer, July 15 - August 15.
Images: 1-9: Bouroullec Studio, 10: Bryce Edwards as licensed by Creative Commons
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Not to warm and cozy- rather like a decorater's design for the interior of a refrigerator. Impersonal and sterile.
The interiors seem nice, but in my opinion the exterior is ugly. It has an institutional, soviet-esque style that is a turn-off.
Please fix spelling of "Marseilles" -- merci!
I like it. Clean and uncluttered.
beautiful use of color.
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I think concrete buildings like this are generally difficult to love - though there are some exceptions:
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And in this case, I also find the interior decoration a bit spare for my taste.
But painting the balconies and overhangs bright colors - that's genius. Think of how it could brighten up the countless buildings of this type across the world. Sounds like a good idea for the Let's Colour Project.
No couch potatoes allowed.
michaelames - the Toronto towers would not exist if not for the Corbusier predecessors!
awesome! i would give my left foot to live in this building. and thanks for your opinion calldoctorbison on this seminal work of modernist architecture, but the building is about 60 years and it looks "soviet-esque" because corbu's buildings were copied the world over. call me a snob, but i hate how everyone thinks they have an opinion on architecture just because they have eyes. get educated first.
I love it. Serene and full of light.
That artwork / tapestry is entrancing!
Both organic-looking, similar to lichen on rock face, and inorganic, like crystallites of metal, or both.
i live in a Toronto area building that was almost certainly based on this one and i love it. concrete is the most awesome of building materials, especially for multi-residential units where heating/cooling, privacy, and sound travel are issues.
not sure i like the interior decor of this particular unit, though. it's a bit too 50s-bakelite-modern for me.
beautiful apartment with beautiful furniture in an historic building. Only must !
Since when can't a person have an opinion about the way something looks unless they are an expert on the topic? Oh, sorry, I can't comment on whether or not I find this building attractive because I don't have a degree in architecture!
I love the minimalism. Living that way is definitely a challenge, and I like what you've done to achieve that.