Comments on: Apartment 50, Unité d’Habitation by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 17:34:00 +0000

Although it is minimalist, it seems a bit fussy. But I like it and the old masterpiece houses it well. The fenestration looks really interesting.

By: tanya telford - T

tanya telford - T — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 15:57:03 +0000

@ felix – kind of trueish……. i find it quite interesting that they choose this building. For me there is a definite elegance to their work but also a pareddownnes or simplicity which i think could be being brought to the forefront by this architectural setting, that’s what i find really interesting,

By: capslock

capslock — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:07:25 +0000

Well felix by inserting these pieces in a space that is meant for lower middle class families, it helps to close the gap between. Maybe that good design is a universal thing and that there should not be a segregation.
An attitude where you say that high cost design is not meant for this setting only fuels what you say you are against anyway.
My two cents

By: felix

felix — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:15:26 +0000

I don’t want to like this but I do. It’s good. The furniture fits Unité d’Habitation very well, like an updated version of the original fit out.

The cloud wall sculpture looks great in the two storey space. It’s washed with the light which shows the contours. I hope it doesn’t get bleached by the sun.

The thing which irks me is that these are clearly expensive design pieces and my understanding of the Unité is that it was slightly more geared towards lower middle income families. i.e. this interior is gentrification.

By: bargain basement

bargain basement — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:55:51 +0000

doesn’t gel? this looks really really nice. works well. a good little project.