La Maison Bernard, cult bubble house
The association Genius Loci founded by curator Marion Vignal offers exhibitions-
experiences in unusual architectures to make them known to the general public. After the
villa L’Ange Volant built by Gio Ponti in 1927 or the Atelier Ozenfant designed by
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, is the row of the Maison Bernard, an architectural jewel
anything but conventional located very close to the Bulles Palace bought in 1992 by the fashion designer
Pierre Cardin. At the origin of this creation, the meeting between the architect Antti Lovag and the industrialist Pierre Bernard. In the 1970s, the latter commissioned the “habitologist” to design his holiday home in Théoule-sur-Mer, near Cannes. Nonconformist as can be, the creator does not draw plans, leaves free rein to his imagination by setting up scaffolding in
vaults in this idyllic landscape to the sea The work, carried out entirely using
craft techniques, lasts almost ten years. It is about six hundred square meters of passages
spherical, round or panoramic windows and bubble rooms arranged in the smallest
detail There is a circular bed in a large living room, a shower behind a
kitchen… Spaces free themselves from conventions, for more ergonomics, freedom…
“The human body feels good there” points out the architect Odile Decq in an interview for
artistically In 2015, she was responsible for restoring the interior, at the initiative of the daughter of the
owner, Elisabeth Bernard. It colors the space with a seventies palette, integrates
luxurious materials like this red-orange Persian travertine on the floor that echoes the color
an exterior inspired by the lively rocks of the Estérel. From now on, from the 8th to the 23rd of June, exhibits
the works of modern and contemporary creators, from Pol Bury to Charlotte Chesnais in
passing through the coveted Studio GGSV.
Some realized projects on the spot like Jérôme Échenoz, who lets you listen
the architect in his work with a sound installation. Ceramics, textiles, curios…
You have to pay extra attention to admire this dialogue between the invited objects and their case.
crazy Without forgetting to walk through the garden of succulents and cacti, until you
get closer to the brilliant view of the sea where Charlotte’s wooden furniture nestles
Chesnais. Further, a bronze sculpture of Rachel Robinson, a former collaborator
by Antti Lovag… Dressed in art and design, this ideally located site promises an experience
unforgettable, on a planet where ergonomics and imagination inhabit the landscape, without standards or
imposed aesthetics. To meditate, sunglasses on your nose.
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Practical information Genius Loci at Maison Bernard
Exhibition experience curated by Marion Vignal, from June 8 to 23, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Paid admission by reservation, geniusloci-experience.com
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