The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY ARTIST'S STUDIO

Didier Fiúza Faustino

GENERAL ENGINEERING
Philippe Smith

JUNIOR ARCHITECT
Diana Durand-Ruel

GEOTHERMAL ENGINEERING
GMGB

CLIENT
SA BLUEBIRD, Jean-Luc Moulène

DIRECTOR ARCHITECT
Didier Faustino

PROJECT DIRECTOR
Pascal Mazoyer

PHOTOGRAPHS
David Boureau

AREA
367 m²

YEAR
2022

LOCATION
Saint-langis-lès-mortagne, France

CATEGORY
Offices Interiors

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A studio building conceived as an architectural tool for the French conceptual artist — and friend of Fiúza Faustino — Jean-Luc Moulène.

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau

Coming to life in a new building next to an old farm complex in the countryside outside the village of Saint-Langis-lès-Mortagne, in the Normandy region of France, the space builds a new studio outpost outside of Paris for the artist.

“Each moment in the day Jean-Luc changes his activity: from 6 to 8 he draws, from 9 on he produces models, and so on.

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau

His activity is a kind of choreography, from one moment to another, to another. So my point was to create a space that allows him to adapt his trajectories according to his needs.” – Didier Fiúza Faustino

To conceptualize this project, precise and minimal language was developed around gesture, work, and creation to best meet the needs of the artist: in his different modes of production, in the use of his tools, on the scale of both the hand and the machine.

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau

More intimate spaces, conducive to reflection and rest, have also been created — all linked to different modes of light treatment (natural and artificial) and to perspectives taken within the space.

At night, the structure and its open windows are almost reminiscent of a collection of solar panels, referencing its outward gaze and environmental approach to the interior.

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau

From the outside, the building is composed of a series of identical volumes distributed in constant offset over five parallel 4m wide bays.

Each of these volumes has a north-facing translucent sloping façade; a north-south roof slope terminating in an opaque glass wall in continuity with the roof.

Inside, the assembly defines an open space of 265 m² on the ground under 8m of height at the ridge, cut in its center by an east-west fault where the entrance and the access to a mezzanine of 100 m² are located.

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau

The walls and roofs are made of prefabricated wood-framed caissons fixed to a reinforced concrete slab and covered with a waterproof black rubber membrane.

This uniform matt black skin transforms the building into a shadow, making it disappear into its environment like a building not meant to be seen; only used. The structure is pared down to its barest essentials — in this case referring to an ultimate site for creative practice.

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau

The lighting in the pavilion is designed specifically for the atelier by Fiúza Faustino, and the lamps will appear as a scenographic element in EXIST/RESIST; the first institutional exhibition surveying the artist-architect’s three decades of practice, opening in fall 2022 at MAAT in Lisbon.


The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau


The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Artist's Studio
© David Boureau


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