Our exhibition Rêveries Urbaines is on show until January at the Fire
Station on the Vitra Campus.
From October 8th, 2016 to January 22, 2017
Vitra Design Museum
Fire Station, Vitra Campus
Charles-Eames Str. 2, Weil am Rhein
Germany
Rêveries Urbaines is an exhibition created for and presented by Champs
Libres, a cultural facility of the metropolis Rennes, from 25 March to 28
August 2016.
Vitra Design Museum
Rêveries Urbaines is a wide-ranging study of possible development
solution for cities, a repertoire of new forms imaginable in very
different urban situations. Much like a large, open sketchbook, the
solutions are presented as a meander through models and films. The
immersive staging of this exhibition aims to transport the visitor into
different scenarios; each model is like a separate act of an urban play.
A significant number of ideas were produced over the course of a year.
From th
is intense research, fourteen proposals were selected and turned
into detailed study models. These spontaneously developed projects
highlight the need to bring natural forms back into the city: plants,
animals, water and fire. The concept behind the majority of these ideas
is rooted in the way nature interacts with the city.
The scenarios take into consideration urban functions and suggest a new
direction in the relationship between buildings, the quality of a
pavement, the positioning of a fountain, the planting of a jungle: all
these human considerations that would make the city a place of
enchantment.
