Although Jean-Marc Drut and Patrick Blauwart have obsessively restored this flat to its original state (see their website here), and are graciously opening it to the public on appointment; they don’t intend it to become a museum but a living project. Their clever approach to this challenge is to invite a designer to furbish it for a season. Previous participants included Konstantin Grcic, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec and Jasper Morrison. This year the students of the ECAL school of design actually created objects and furniture specifically for the flat and the terrace, definitely making this project a breathing one!
Below the ECAL press release images (photography: Michel Bonvin), graciously provided by Jean-Marc my delightful guide.
Polychromie ECAL/Leila Chouikh
Pivot ECAL/Patrick Tarkhounian
Mistral ECAL/Thomas Elliott Burns & Katarzyna Kempa
Cheminée ECAL/Anthony Guex
Pilotis ECAL/Thomas Elliott Burns
Pilotis ECAL/Thomas Elliott Burns
Agrafes ECAL/Dong-In Seol
Agrafes ECAL/Dong-In Seol
Atlas ECAL/Julie Bernard, collaboration avec Ruckstuhl AG, Langenthal
Agrafes ECAL/Dong-In Seol
Cheminée ECAL/Anthony Guex
Unité ECAL/Thomas Schmitz
Volets ECAL/Lola Buades Balle
Promenade ECAL/Lola Buades Balle
Utopie ECAL/Hansel Schloupt
Coffrage ECAL/Roosa Ryhänen
Extérieur ECAL/Hyungmoon Cho
Pique-nique ECAL/Caroline Thurner
Radieux ECAL/Ahmed Bedair
Terrasse ECAL/Thomas Schmitz
Phare ECAL/Stanislaw Czarnocki
Terrasse ECAL/Thomas Schmitz