Organic, eccentric and radical is the house designed in 1970 by the Hungarian architect Antti Lovag for the family of industrialist Pierre Bernard. Maison Bernard is one of the emblematic Bubble House made by Lovag as a composite manifestation of its extremely organic and sinuous architecture, located in the Côte d’Azur’s maritime landscape, in Théoule-sur-Mer, near Cannes. Forty years later, this house, an aggregate of rounded volumes sitting on the rock, looks more contemporary than before and has been reopened to the public after a major restoration lasting five years, curated by the French architect Odile Decq. ‘The concept of too much is never enough’ says Odile Decq, ‘has become the leader in colour.’ Spherical rooms, circular portholes projected towards nature, curvilinear doors, furniture that follows the walls, integrated walkways and steep stairs are in line with the philosophy of its founder. ‘I tried to do something playful, completely on the subject in the seventies’ Decq says again. Open to the public, Maison Bernard can be visited by appointment; each year it is also the seat of a creative workshop for an artist who can stay for six months in a studio adjacent to the house, built by Lovag to be able to follow the construction work in person.
Odile Decq and the Maison Bernard by Antti Lovag
Rossella MARTINO
2018-01-01
Abstract
Organic, eccentric and radical is the house designed in 1970 by the Hungarian architect Antti Lovag for the family of industrialist Pierre Bernard. Maison Bernard is one of the emblematic Bubble House made by Lovag as a composite manifestation of its extremely organic and sinuous architecture, located in the Côte d’Azur’s maritime landscape, in Théoule-sur-Mer, near Cannes. Forty years later, this house, an aggregate of rounded volumes sitting on the rock, looks more contemporary than before and has been reopened to the public after a major restoration lasting five years, curated by the French architect Odile Decq. ‘The concept of too much is never enough’ says Odile Decq, ‘has become the leader in colour.’ Spherical rooms, circular portholes projected towards nature, curvilinear doors, furniture that follows the walls, integrated walkways and steep stairs are in line with the philosophy of its founder. ‘I tried to do something playful, completely on the subject in the seventies’ Decq says again. Open to the public, Maison Bernard can be visited by appointment; each year it is also the seat of a creative workshop for an artist who can stay for six months in a studio adjacent to the house, built by Lovag to be able to follow the construction work in person.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
