“Bubble Houses, an Enchanted Interlude” Conference
Lecture by Raphaëlle Saint-Pierre, architecture historian
Samedi 18 mai, 18h00Passat
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Lecture by Raphaëlle Saint-Pierre, architecture historian
In the 1960s and 1970s, around the world, architects conducted research on concrete veils, which offered them immense freedom of expression and flexibility both formal and technical. In France, Pascal Häusermann and Claude Costy, Antti Lovag, Jean-Louis Chanéac or Pierre Székely and Henri Mouette turn to bubble-shaped structures for aesthetic, economic and practical reasons. For a few years, bubble architectures will multiply on the territory to meet very varied programs: villas, holiday village, kindergarten…