NB: this Exhibition was inaugurated in 2022 but is still partially visible in 2024, some of its exhibits still being present on site
In 2022, the Donjon de Vez groups great names of contemporary architecture for its new exhibition : Kengo Kuma, Odile Decq, the Berchiche brothers, Edouard François … and more !
Alternating models and architects shacks, or "jewels" to quote partner Philippe Gravier, this exhibition brings a futuristic look to Vez with these unusual constructions.
The models and shacks presented are authentic "gestures", at the frontier between art and architecture : the reduction in proportions allows for more creativity and freedom, and calls for a renewed concept of habitat. The style and personal imagination of each architect are deployed and echo contemporary ecological concerns regarding the rational use of materials, ressources and available living spaces.
Some fifteen creations are exposed, allowing the visitors to play with scales and dream of futuristic and utopians cities. It is also the chance to rediscover the shacks of Vez's permanent exhibition, by Serge Mansau and Tadashi Kamawata !
Pratical information
- Exhibition of seven "Maisons d’édition" et nine architects' scale models
- From 04 June to 30 October 2022
- Open every weekend in June
- Open every day from 01 July to 16 October
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- Le pavillon noir, Odile Decq, 2019, Maison d’édition. Steel, aluminium and glass.
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- Many Small Cubes, Sou Fujimoto, scale model.
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- Owan, Kengo Kuma, 2016, Maison d’édition, Stainless steel, ETFE, magnets, larch wood.
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- King of the Hill, Rudy Ricciotti revisited, La Fratrie, scale model.
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- Yure, Kengo Kuma, 2015, Maison d’édition, solid larch wood and textile
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- Habitat Studio Bulle, Antti Lovag, 2014, scale model, polyurethane resin structure.
