{"id":15732,"date":"2025-10-30T17:30:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T10:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/galerie-philia-activates-two-brutalist-landmarks-in-grand-paris-for-its-10th-anniversary-show\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T17:30:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T10:30:13","slug":"galerie-philia-activates-two-brutalist-landmarks-in-grand-paris-for-its-10th-anniversary-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/galerie-philia-activates-two-brutalist-landmarks-in-grand-paris-for-its-10th-anniversary-show\/","title":{"rendered":"galerie philia activates two brutalist landmarks in grand paris for its 10th anniversary show"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wow wow-yellow\">Design meets brutalism in Galerie Philia\u2019s tenth-anniversary show<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate its tenth anniversary,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/galerie-philia\/\"><strong>Galerie Philia<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0presents STRATES, a large-scale <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/exhibitions\/\"><strong>exhibition<\/strong><\/a> staged across two of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/architecture-in-france\/\"><strong>France\u2019s<\/strong> <\/a>most emblematic brutalist landmarks: Jacques Kalisz\u2019s Mont d\u2019Est <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/parking-areas\/\"><strong>car park<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/ricardo-bofill-taller-de-arquitectura\/\"><strong>Ricardo Bofill\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/architecture\/ricardo-bofill-postmodern-housing-complex-paris-les-espaces-dabraxas-france-03-07-2017\/\"><strong>Espaces Abraxas<\/strong><\/a> in Noisy-le-Grand,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/architecture-in-paris\/\"> <strong>Grand Paris<\/strong><\/a>. On view until November 30th, 2025, the show reflects on a decade of curatorial exploration that has seen the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/museums-galleries\/\"><strong>gallery<\/strong><\/a> bring contemporary design into conversation with architecture, philosophy, and civic life.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since its founding in 2015, Galerie Philia has become known for situating contemporary design within charged architectural settings, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/le-corbusier\/\"><strong>Le Corbusier\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/art\/eight-designers-le-corbusier-modernist-theories-iconic-cite-radieuse-05-08-2022\/\"><strong>Cit\u00e9 Radieuse in Marseille<\/strong><\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/oscar-niemeyer\/\"><strong>Oscar Niemeyer\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/design\/oscar-niemeyer-museum-brazilian-exhibition-galerie-philia-then-now-legacy-mac-niteroi-09-01-2025\/\">MAC Niter\u00f3i in Brazil<\/a><\/strong>. STRATES continues this approach by transforming Kalisz\u2019s monumental car park into an experimental exhibition space, reinterpreting the raw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/concrete-architecture-and-design\/\"><strong>concrete<\/strong><\/a> geometry of the site through design. <em>\u2018Our curatorial approach has always been to place contemporary design in dialogue with charged architectural sites rather than neutral white cubes,\u2019 <\/em><strong>says Philia\u2019s co-founder Yga\u00ebl Attali.<\/strong><em> \u2018When we encountered Jacques Kalisz\u2019s Mont d\u2019Est car park, we felt the same shock of recognition: an extraordinary piece of brutalist architecture, at once monumental and fragile, whose latent potential could be reactivated through design.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>all images by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.studiobrinth.com\/\">studio brinth<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wow wow-yellow\">STRATES reimagines grand paris\u2019s ruins as living narratives<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Originally conceived as a vision of futuristic living on Paris\u2019s periphery, Noisy-le-Grand continues to reflect the remnants of its post-war utopian ideals, lending symbolic weight to Philia\u2019s decision to situate the STRATES exhibition there. <em>\u2018Our aesthetic often oscillates between brutalist geometry and wabi-sabi imperfection,\u2019 <\/em><strong>Attali comments.<\/strong><em> \u2018Noisy-le-Grand embodies this duality in a unique way: Ricardo Bofill\u2019s Espaces Abraxas, just next door, are monumental, almost operatic \u2014 a vision of the future as a utopian theater. Jacques Kalisz\u2019s Mont d\u2019Est parking, by contrast, is raw, infrastructural, and today in a visibly fragile state. That fragility makes it even more compelling to us: the cracks, stains, and erosion of the concrete are not defects but traces of time, revealing the human destiny of the structure.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Far from treating the site as a neutral container, STRATES uses its imperfections as material. <em>\u2018For us, beauty lies not only in form but in narrative,\u2019 <\/em><strong>Attali explains.<\/strong><em> \u2018The Mont d\u2019Est car park offers both: its helicoidal ramps and raw textures are visually powerful, but equally important is the story it tells of collective ambition, decline, and potential rebirth.\u2019 <\/em>This approach continues the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.galerie-philia.com\/\"><strong>gallery\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> long-standing refusal of the white cube model. <em>\u2018We do not mute or mutilate the site; we embrace it as part of the proposition itself,\u2019 <\/em><strong>he adds.<\/strong><em> \u2018In Noisy-le-Grand, this means that the traces of time on Kalisz\u2019s structure are not erased but activated, allowing the works of design to resonate within a larger reflection on modernity, fragility, and continuity.\u2019 <\/em>Across the street, Bofill\u2019s Abraxas ensemble, still layered with cinematic mythology, forms a counterpoint.<em> \u2018It offers a different yet complementary vision \u2014 monumental, theatrical, and still inhabited \u2014 forming a dialogue across the neighborhood that amplifies the resonance of the exhibition,\u2019 <\/em><strong>Attali notes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Galerie Philia presents STRATES, a large-scale exhibition staged across two brutalist landmarks<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wow wow-yellow\">Site-specific commissions and dialogues with architecture<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While the exhibition retraces Philia\u2019s decade-long journey through key works from its roster of artists, several new commissions respond directly to the architecture.<em> \u2018Morghen Studio has developed a monumental light installation echoing the spiral geometry of the ramps, transforming circulation into a luminous journey,\u2019<\/em><strong> shares Attali.<\/strong><em> \u2018Lucas and Tyra Morten have created seating elements that directly engage with the car park\u2019s structural language. And Milla Vaahtera has designed a lamp that departs from her typically poetic and enchanted vocabulary, embracing instead a colder and more geometric expression.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>STRATES also forms part of a wider civic and cultural shift in Noisy-le-Grand, where the city and local public development company SOCAREN are rethinking how its monumental modernist fabric can evolve.<em> \u2018Noisy-le-Grand is emblematic of the late-20th-century ambition to create self-sufficient urban satellites around Paris,\u2019 <\/em><strong>\u00a0Attali points out.<\/strong><em> \u2018Today, it is undergoing a process of revaluation: local officials are seeking to revitalise these iconic but underused spaces, making them more accessible to cultural and civic life.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition is also rooted in community, involving local residents in its organization and guided visits. <em>\u2018We wanted the show not to be parachuted in from outside but truly integrated into the local fabric,\u2019<\/em> <strong>Philia\u2019s co-founder <\/strong><strong>reflects.<\/strong><em> \u2018In five years, I imagine this neighborhood as a place where architectural heritage is not demolished but reactivated, where the extraordinary vision of architects like Kalisz and Bofill becomes the foundation for new forms of urban vitality.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Bofill\u2019s Abraxas ensemble is still layered with cinematic mythology<\/p>\n<p>the show reflects on a decade of curatorial exploration<\/p>\n<p>Silver Light by Henry Wilson<\/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>Galerie Philia has become known for situating contemporary design within charged architectural settings<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- OPEN ARTICLE CONTENT -->\t<\/p>\n<p>transforming Kalisz\u2019s monumental car park into an experimental exhibition<\/p>\n<p>Nautile by Elsa Foulon<\/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>several new commissions respond directly to the architecture<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- OPEN ARTICLE CONTENT -->\t<\/p>\n<p>Folds by Laura Pasquino<\/p>\n<p>the exhibition is also rooted in community, involving local residents in its organization and guided visits<\/p>\n<p>STRATES also forms part of a wider civic and cultural shift in Noisy-le-Grand<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>project info:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>name:<\/strong> STRATES \u2013 Galerie Philia\u2019s 10th Anniversary Exhibition<\/p>\n<p><strong>dates:<\/strong> October 28th \u2013 November 30th, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>locations:<\/strong> Espaces d\u2019Abraxas &amp; Parking Jacques Kalisz (Mont d\u2019Est), Noisy-le-Grand, Grand Paris, France<\/p>\n<p><strong>curation<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.galerie-philia.com\/\">Galerie Philia<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/galerie.philia\/?hl=en\">@galerie.philia<\/a> (Yga\u00ebl and Ya\u00efr Attali)<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/design\/galerie-philia-two-brutalist-landmarks-grand-paris-10th-anniversary-show-ricardo-bofill-jacques-kalisz-10-30-2025\/\">galerie philia activates two brutalist landmarks in grand paris for its 10th anniversary show<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/\">designboom | architecture &amp; design magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Design meets brutalism in Galerie Philia\u2019s tenth-anniversary show \u00a0 To celebrate its tenth anniversary,\u00a0Galerie Philia\u00a0presents STRATES, a large-scale exhibition staged across two of France\u2019s most emblematic brutalist landmarks: Jacques Kalisz\u2019s Mont d\u2019Est car park and &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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