描述
In the randomness of the walks through Paris, in the midst of a dominant Haussmanian continuum, unexpected, some contemporary architectures arise. This is how on Raspail boulevard there is a large white concrete comb that acts as a bridge between the surrounding buildings and the boulevard. It is the Hospitality School Guillaume Tirel.
Calle Chevaleret, on the border of the ZAC Paris-Seine-Rive Gauche, there is a succession of brick houses. Its terracotta facades with different tones attract the look. Both are buildings of Brenac & Gonzalez!
From the outside, these constructions stand out for their geometrical volumes, their systems of boxes or windows in raster, without rounded forms. They share the elegance of enjoying their location. Above all, they tell two different stories. (…) Could any of these two buildings portray the Brenac & Gonzalez studio?
No, no more than his numerous, multi-faceted realizations, like a Rubik’s cube that would not just be a cube!
These two modern ex-youths can engage in the rush of fashion and the motifs of the decorative arts. They mix all the influences, Yaacov Agam and Isse Miyake. They experiment with the materials – brick, concrete, glass, metal, stone, wood, zinc – they use all the colors, all the holes of light. They play with abstraction, mono-matter, hybrids, boxes, folding, origami, voids, vegetation, pixelated effects, vibrant reflections. The whole, on the skin and with temperance.
