Konstantin Grcic has furnished Appartement N° 50, an almost completely preserved apartment in its original 1952 condition, at Le Corbusier’s famous Unité d’Habitation in Marseille, France.
Every summer the privately owned apartment is made accessible to the public and transformed into a temporary stage for the works of contemporary designers. In previous years it has hosted installations by Jasper Morrison in 2008 and Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec in 2010. This year, Grcic has furnished the apartment with his own furniture, including 360° chairs for Magis and Medici chairs for Mattiazzi, as well as blown up scans from an original punk fanzine.
Grcic explained: “The punk motifs are tempting a slightly devious link between two completely unrelated worlds: Le Corbusier’s architecture and punk rock. Without forcing the idea of common grounds, I find that both have a rawness and uncompromising spirit which I have always found compellingly beautiful. Bringing both cultures together in this project felt most inspiring and, in the end, surprisingly fitting.”
The installation will be open to the public until August 15. For more information please visit www.appt50lc.org
Images © Philippe Savoir & Fondation Le Corbusier/ADAGP
