{"id":12222,"date":"2025-07-04T17:32:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T10:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/780-leftover-baguettes-turn-into-public-pavilion-by-mero-studios-in-montpellier\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T17:32:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T10:32:44","slug":"780-leftover-baguettes-turn-into-public-pavilion-by-mero-studios-in-montpellier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/780-leftover-baguettes-turn-into-public-pavilion-by-mero-studios-in-montpellier\/","title":{"rendered":"780 leftover baguettes turn into public pavilion by MERO studios in montpellier"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wow wow-yellow\">MERO Studios\u2019 Paysage De Pain reflects on themes of food waste<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Paysage de Pain is a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/public-art\/\">public<\/a><\/strong> installation built from 780 salvaged baguettes, designed by MERO Studios in collaboration with the Montpellier-based nonprofit Pain de L\u2019Espoir. Set in a sunlit courtyard in the H\u00f4tel de Lunas during the 2025 Festival des Architectures Vives in Montpellier, the pavilion explores the potential of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/food-art\/\">food<\/a><\/strong> waste, specifically surplus bread, as a spatial and sensory material.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/architecture-in-france\/\">France<\/a><\/strong>, bread is essential to daily life, yet its abundance often leads to waste. According to a 2018 study by ADEME (the French Environment and Energy Management Agency), 11% of bread from bakeries is rejected for sale. Of this unsold bread, 15% is donated, 25% repurposed as animal feed, and 60% destroyed. Paysage de Pain transforms this symbol of waste into an immersive architectural experience. The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/interactive-installation\/\">installation<\/a><\/strong> explores gluttony not as excess, but as a lens for sustainable reinvention.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>all images by <a href=\"https:\/\/photoarchitecture.com\/\">Paul Kozlowski<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wow wow-yellow\">Public pavilion repurposes hundreds of leftover baguettes<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The installation invites visitors to reflect on themes of gluttony and excess. The structure is a dialogue between indulgence and the urgency of environmental responsibility. Visitors are invited to move through dough-scented walls that cracked and aged in the summer heat, highlighting the tension between nourishment and discard. The project, developed by MERO Studios\u2019 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mero-studios.com\/\">designers<\/a><\/strong>, foregrounds food waste as a cultural issue, transforming urban excess into a sensory, temporal monument. Here, gluttony becomes a celebration of transformation, an architectural delicacy that invites exploration and reflection on how we consume, discard, and create. In the spirit of the festival, Paysage de Pain is not only a feast for the senses but also a call to savor resources with care and ingenuity.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>780 salvaged baguettes form the core structure of Paysage de Pain<\/p>\n<p>a spatial installation exploring bread waste as architectural material<\/p>\n<p>installed in the courtyard of H\u00f4tel de Lunas for the 2025 Festival des Architectures Vives<\/p>\n<p>Paysage de Pain responds to food waste through material reuse<\/p>\n<p>bread walls crack and age under summer heat, revealing natural decay<\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- CLOSE ARTICLE CONTENT --><\/p>\n<div class=\"fullwidth-image\">\n<div class=\"layout-box\">\n<div class=\"page-content\">\n<p>visitors navigate dough-scented corridors made from surplus baguettes<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- OPEN ARTICLE CONTENT -->\t<\/p>\n<p>bread becomes both material and message in this public installation<\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- CLOSE ARTICLE CONTENT --><\/p>\n<div class=\"fullwidth-image\">\n<div class=\"layout-box\">\n<div class=\"page-content\">\n<p>a sensory environment built from one of France\u2019s most iconic staples<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- OPEN ARTICLE CONTENT -->\t<\/p>\n<p>an ephemeral structure shaped by food, heat, scent, and time<\/p>\n<p>bread waste is transformed into a tactile and temporal monument<\/p>\n<p>the installation encourages reflection on how we consume and discard<\/p>\n<p>Paysage de Pain reimagines gluttony as a site of transformation<\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- CLOSE ARTICLE CONTENT --><\/p>\n<div class=\"fullwidth-image\">\n<div class=\"layout-box\">\n<div class=\"page-content\">\n<p>MERO Studios explores biodegradable design strategies through a playful approach<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- OPEN ARTICLE CONTENT -->\t<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>project info:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>name:<\/strong>\u00a0Paysage De Pain<br \/>\n<strong>designer: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mero-studios.com\/\">MERO Studios<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mero_studios\">@mero_studios<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>lead<\/strong> <strong>designers:<\/strong> Megan Dang, Rose Zhang<br \/>\n<strong>location:<\/strong> Montpellier, France<\/p>\n<p><strong>photographer:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/photoarchitecture.com\/\">Paul Kozlowski<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/photoarchitecture.co\/\">@photoarchitecture.co<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">designboom has received this project from our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/readers-submit\"><span class=\"s1\">DIY submissions<\/span><\/a>\u00a0feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/readers\/\"><span class=\"s1\">here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">edited by: christina vergopoulou | designboom<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/art\/780-leftover-baguettes-public-pavilion-mero-studios-montpellier-paysage-de-pain-07-04-2025\/\">780 leftover baguettes turn into public pavilion by MERO studios in montpellier<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/\">designboom | architecture &amp; design magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MERO Studios\u2019 Paysage De Pain reflects on themes of food waste \u00a0 Paysage de Pain is a public installation built from 780 salvaged baguettes, designed by MERO Studios in collaboration with the Montpellier-based nonprofit Pain &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.7 - 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