A bit of history. In 2018, this family business, established for a long time in Tence, needed a new building to develop its activity. This is the one that, built by Forez Bâtisseurs, will be delivered in 2023.
Flashback In 2018, the artist Olivier Mosset exhibited at MaMo, in La Cité radieuse in Marseille, an exhibition entitled “Untitled” which brings together two monochrome, monumental (one 18m and the other 5m) and colorful works, emblems of research in painting undertaken by the artist for forty years.
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Looking for a painting « referring only to herself and her history as a medium », Olivier Mosset rigorously continues the work of deconstructing a painting begun in the 1960s within the BMPT group together with Daniel Buren, Michel Parmentier and Niele Toroni. With ”Untitled”, he questions in his work the notions of knowledge, originality and” alleged uniqueness of the work » approaching, in this way, « as close as possible to the limits of painting “.
Words of an artist, in this case sublimated by Light Up Metal.
Since then, Lindsay Chastagnier, founder of Light Up Métal, has developed an expanding universe dedicated to the architects of new shades resulting from the know-how of Adapta Color.
” We offer a complex finish from which emerges a raw and lively expression, with a lot of movement. For each project, it involves a specific investigation, such as primitive writing or unknown spelling, whose meaning escapes but whose gesture in the material is inscribed in ancient times. », explains Lindsay Chastagnier.
This facade offers an original kinetic effect with iridescent shades that change color and stop passers-by, making this achievement a conspicuous building. It thus presents two shades of the WILD STONE collection (Copper and Smoke) by Light Up Metal.
” The advantage of these colors is that they do not make a uniform surface but offer reflections full of shades, an effect that no RAL shade can express. Each time these are tailored shades », says Lindsay Chastagnier.
“Working in close collaboration with architects upstream of a project requires more time and attention to detail. This is what makes such results unique and tailored,” he continues.
The effect obtained with the powders from the Dichroic range developed by Adapta Color is indeed spectacular as evidenced in particular by the Les Digues building designed by NOA (Fannie Orihuela and Frédéric Nakache) and delivered in 2023 in Pierrefitte-sur-Seine (Seine-Saint). – Dennis). In addition, the effect is long-lasting and this cost must be compared with the overall cost of the building.
The play of reflections of the large metal flat areas measuring five by eighteen meters by Olivier Mosset presented in Marseille caused, according to the artist, ” to a unique form of homage to the summer sun that bathes the Phocaean city “and revealed in substance” a changing and ephemeral reality contrasting with their monumentality, durability, embodiment and impermanence “.
Lindsay Chastagnier therefore underlines: ” the concept is unique, which makes each project unrivaled for exceptional architectural visualization and allows architects to stand out. Colored metal out of the box! “.
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The Dichroic range of Adapta Color
” These extraordinary paints offer iridescent hues that change color under different angles and lighting, creating enchanting and dynamic visual effects. », explains Mathieu Dutheil, Adapta’s French recipe manager.
” What distinguishes this range is also its ‘Super durable’ quality, particularly indicated in architecture (class 2) and ideal for metal facades and other substrates that require high resistance outside. It’s a nice line of products that has that little extra to meet exactly the requirements of architects », concludes Mathieu Dutheil.
AboutAdjust Color
Adapta Color, a company created in Spain in 1997, is today the leading company in the manufacture of paints and powder coatings for architecture. ADAPTA High Durability (SDS) collections, in particular, are specially designed to meet the specifications required in the most demanding architectural projects.