hyères 27

9 architects / 9 proposals to live horaires

19 february 2012 - 25 march 2012

Following Rudy Ricciotti, Patrick Bouchain, Lacaton & Vassal, Luca Merlini, Lefèvre & Aubert, TYIN & Anna Heringer, and Iwan Baan last year, we wished this year to slip ourselves behind the attractive and surprising pictures of the “architect houses” we are regularly surrounded with.

Choosing 9 buildings in Europe, we wish you to discover 9 architects and 9 personal universes being at these projects origin.

Each of us can re-find himself in their worlds exhibitions: they take part of the constructible removal of our own geographies.

Discovering an architect universe these realizations come within the frame of is the opportunity to discover their generator process.

To put the creative process on show, know the architect interrogations, share their thoughts mechanisms, discover their references, approach their work tools, distinguish their numerous parts: then each visitor can perceive and share the necessary and permanent researches of any project.

Questioning invention is questioning the architect position and numerous parts, but sizing up our request of creating together living spaces as well.

Choosing 9 different places is casting a mirror glance on our daily architectural environment, partly made of dwellings series.

Out of her history, the Villa Noailles fully takes part in this exhibition.


Jean-Pierre Blanc, director and Florence Sarano, associated curator

With the support of Prohelvetia, The Ambassy of Portugal, The Instituto Camoes.