This project has been designed for the collective exhibition Promenades Domestiques (lit. Domestic Walks) at the Church of Saint-Pierre in Firminy, France.
Le Corbusier designed the Firminy Vert neighborhood like a garden interspersed with his constructions. The Maison de la Culture, the UnitĆ© d'habitation and the Church of Saint-Pierre punctuate a landscape mainly constituted with green areas. Three concrete shapes representing those three buildings areĀ assembled to create a garden dwarf derived from the vocabulary of Le Corbusier. Fifty copies of these dwarfs invade the church hight steps, which become for them a new garden terrace, a microcosm at their scale.
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Projet rĆ©alisĆ© Ć l'occasion de l'exposition collective Promenades Domestiques Ć l'Ćglise Saint-Pierre de Firminy.
Le Corbusier a conƧu le quartier de Firminy Vert Ć lāimage dāun jardin rythmĆ© par ses constructions. La Maison de la Culture, lāUnitĆ© dāhabitation et lāĆglise Saint-Pierre jalonnent un paysage principalement constituĆ© d'espaces verts. Trois formes de bĆ©tons reprĆ©sentant les trois bĆ¢timents sāassemblent pour crĆ©er un nain de jardin miniature issu du vocabulaire du Corbusier. Produits Ć cinquante exemplaires, ces nains envahissent les hautes marches de l'Ćglise, qui deviennent alors pour eux un nouveau jardin en terrasse, un microcosme Ć leur Ć©chelle.
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āĀ in collaboration with Martin Guillaumie
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Exhibition visual adapted to poster, flyer and brochure.
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Visuel de l'exposition dƩclinƩ en affiche, flyer et brochure.
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Sketches of the three buildings which form the garden dwarfs.
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Esquisses des trois bĆ¢timents qui composent les nains de jardin
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ā² Ćglise Saint-Pierre
ā² UnitĆ© dāhabitation
ā² Maison de la cutlure
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may 2014
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exhibition photographs: Pierre Grasset
