Chalet-style floor lamp featuring three pivoting white opaline balls wedged between two larchwood uprights. Base ending in four black lacquered metal bars, arranged in the shape of a cross. In the spirit of Charlotte Perriand's "Arcs". Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999), French architect and designer, shaped 20th-century urban modernity. Spotted by developer Roger Godino, following a special issue of Architecture d'aujourd'hui" that she edited on the birth of major mountain resorts, Charlotte Perriand was chosen to coordinate the design and development of the Les Arcs resort in Savoie, alongside engineer Jean Prouvé and cabinetmaker Bernard Taillefer. The idea behind Les Arcs was revolutionary: to organize the urbanization of the mountain pastures while respecting the natural environment. Spatial structuring, priority given to landscapes, conservation of old chalets, use of local materials... Begun in 1967, the subject would occupy Charlotte Perriand for twenty years. Functional before ornamental, the architectural line chosen by Charlotte Perriand to respond to the dream of a small isolated chalet in the mountains surprised the first buyers. The absence of decoration - which she saw as "the measure of the imperfection of architecture" - and breakthrough innovations - such as the standardized living "cells" with resin bathtubs designed from a single block - were decried by some critics. In 2006, the Arc 1600 and Arc 1800 town-planning complexes were awarded the "architectural heritage of the 20th century" label. XX° period, Circa: 1960 Dim: W:45cm, D:45cm, H:150cm.
- Reference :
- 1915
- Availability :
- Sold
- Width :
- 45 (cm)
- Height :
- 150 (cm)
- Depth :
- 45 (cm)
- Identifier Exists:
- False
