ronan & erwan bouroullec: apartment 50 at radiant city

‘zip carpet’ for vitra is placed at the centre of the room

earlier this year jasper morrison introduced ronan and erwan bouroullec to one of the owners of an apartment in the housing block of radiant city in marseille, france, designed by le corbusier. it was from this meeting that a collaboration began. apartment 50 is not a museum; it is a lived-in space that they remodelled –just for the summer season. ronan and erwan decided to feature a selection of objects from their collection of designs which seemed to rightly fit in the apartment and match the way the owners are living in it. as an echo to charlotte perriand and jean prouvé’s original furniture of the space, it seemed natural for them to articulate the remodelling around the steelwood collection for magis; including a table, some chairs and a shelving system. additionally, while remembering that le corbusier had a special interest in tapestries, they felt comfortable with the idea of installing a group of ‘clouds’ made by kvadrat up on the wall. to complete this ephemeral remodelling project the brothers included a ‘zip carpet’ for vitra and two of their latest lighting designs, including ‘lampalumina’, for bitossi and ‘lighthouse’ for established & sons and venini.

the doors to apartment 50 featuring the exhibition will open from july 15 to august 15.

‘lighthouse lamp’ for established & sons and venini sits atop the low shelf from the ‘steelwood collection’ for magis

the housing block of radiant city in marseille, france, designed by le corbusier where the bouroullec brothers are exhibiting in apartment 50

general view

a group of ‘clouds’ made by kvadrat hang on the wall

the ‘steelwood collection’ table and chairs in the dining area

the coathanger from the ‘steelwood collection’

the entrance into the apartment

a chair from the ‘steelwood collection’ and ‘lighthouse lamp’ for established & sons and venini

shelf and chair from the ‘steelwood collection’

shelf and chair from the ‘steelwood collection’

chair from the ‘steelwood collection’

‘lampalumina’ for bitossi sits above the bed and a shelf from the ‘steelwood collection’ is placed beside the room divider

‘lampalumina’ for bitossi sits above the bed

‘lampalumina’ for bitossi sits above the bed – night view

exhibition poster