Solo Gallery Exhibition 20. 10. 2015 15. 01. 2016 Christian Bourdais, Eva Albarran 11 rue des Arquebusiers 75003 Paris Open from Tuesday to Friday, from 13 p.m. to 7 p.m., by appointment
Lore Exhibition Within his agency, established in the Indian megalopolis, creates a conscientious and demanding architecture, anchored in the relationship between Man and Nature. The specificity of s work lies in the search for a balance between tradition and modernity, through a process where hand and mind equally come to play. Local resources and Indian handicraft skills are at the source of a resolutely contemporary architecture. The exhibition Lore highlights this unique approach, bringing together traditional expertise or wisdom, and modern culture. The art pieces shown reveal the matter itself of the ongoing construction sites. When I first met Studio Mumbai, I scribbled in my notebook: bamboo must be cut when there s no moon why? Because during those nights, there are no insects and bamboo will last twenty years. It was, an enthusiastic orator of traditional knowledge, which he communicates through the projects of Studio Mumbai Peter Wislon, El Croquis 20. 10. 2015 15. 01. 2016
Lore Exhibition Tar tables,, 2015, tar, medium Sylvie Chan Liat
Lore Exhibition In English, Lore has a double meaning: n. The custom A body of traditions and knowledge on a subject or held by a particular group, typically passed on from person to person by word of mouth n. Lore The space existing between the eye and the base of the bill of a bird, or between the eye and the nostril of a snake.
Tar Like lava, tar hides everything. uses it as an indicator, revealing the shapes it swallows. Being in a constant state of evolution, these pieces arouse curiosity and anticipation and question the idea of temporality. Time, according to, has to be considered as a unit of measurement.
Tar Tar model,, 2015, tar, gold leaf, medium Sylvie Chan Liat
Tar Tar table (detail),, 2015, tar, medium Sylvie Chan Liat
Tar Tar table,, 2015, tar, medium Sylvie Chan Liat
Tazia Tazias are miniature funerary architectures that are worn on the shoulder during ceremonies organised to pay tribute to an Islamic saint. These structures, entirely made up of bamboo, cotton string and river sludge, are traditionally covered with pieces of paper. They are made by worshippers, in a process that values the skills of each member of the extended family. s interpretation bears witness to the importance of vernacular culture in his work. This innate but humble understanding of architecture of the craftspeople creating the tazia nourishes his work. also uses their ancestral skills, independent from any religious symbolism.
Tazia Tazia,, 2015, bamboo, gold leaf, silk thread, organic matter Sylvie Chan Liat
Tazia Tazia (detail),, 2015, bamboo, gold leaf, silk thread, organic matter Sylvie Chan Liat
Brick The brick is sufficiently malleable to allow any construction, from palaces and temples to barns and modest houses, without losing any of its fundamental purity. It is the demonstration of the relationship between Man and one of the five elements, Earth. From older civilisations to modern times, brick has evolved alongside Mankind to take on different shapes. With its humble appearance, brick withholds the potential to give dignity to the simplest of constructions, whilst being moulded inside the largest architectural works, if it is manipulated with care and attention. Brick is only a transitory form from a mass of earth to another mass that we see as architecture.
Brick Brick study (detail),, 2015, terracota bricks Sylvie Chan Liat
Brick Brick study,, 2015, terracota bricks Sylvie Chan Liat
Light For, observing architecture is like a wonderful window revealing multiple aspects of a truly evolving India. Observations and sketches of urban or natural landscapes are essential steps at the core of architectural creation. The light studies shown here evoke Indian megalopolis, such as Mumbai, striking the viewer with a combination of ancient and modern architectural forms. These pieces, resolutely anchored into three dimensions, remind us of the importance of drawing in s creative process.
Light Light studies,, 2014, Steel, electroluminescent wire Sylvie Chan Liat
Light Light study,, 2014, Steel, electroluminescent wire Sylvie Chan Liat
Light Light study,, 2014, Steel, electroluminescent wire Sylvie Chan Liat
Light Light study,, 2014, Steel, electroluminescent wire Sylvie Chan Liat
Biography, 1965. Lives and works in Mumbai, India In 1990 graduated with his architecture degree from the Washington University in Saint Louis, USA. He then worked in Los Angeles and London from 1989 to 1995, before returning back to India, where he eventually founded Studio Mumbai. Studio Mumbai s works were presented at the XII Biennial of Venice and at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, and have won several awards, including the Prize Aga Khan for Architecture in 2010, after being a finalist of the Global award for sustainable architecture in 2009; but also the 7th Spirit of Nature Wood Architecture Award in Finland (2012), the 3rd BSI Swiss Architectural award (2012) and more recently Studio Mumbai won the Great Gold Medal of Architecture Academy of France (2014). The Hasselt University in Belgium bestowed upon an honorary doctorate in 2014. He taught in Copenhagen in 2012, at Yale for the fall semester of 2013, in Mondrisio in 2014 for the spring semester, and he taught in Mondrisio again during the spring semester of 2015. Founded by, Studio Mumbai works with a team of craftsmen, technicians, and qualified industrial designers who conceive and build the works directly. The group shares an environment developed from an iterative process, where ideas are examined through high scale mock-ups, matter studies, outlines, sketches and drawings. The projects are drawn with the skills and expertise of architects, stonemasons, woodworkers, and related craftspeople to design and build projects with a remarkable sensitivity to space and the human condition. They are developed with a practice that comes from traditional expertise, techniques on local construction and matter, and an ingenuity stemming from their limited resources.
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