FONDATION PINAULT FOR CONTEMPORARY ART

This space serves the four buildings, each of which has a specific function (exhibition, conservation, heritage, communication), and facilitates visitor flow. The sixth axis concerns the exhibition galleries: arranged on a single level, they are interconnected and designed to house works in a wide variety of formats. Finally, so as not to interfere with the visitor’s aesthetic experience, the last axis of the program focuses on the “silence of the materials” chosen: concrete slabs, sheet glass, and metal mesh. In this way, the different elements of the design, in constant interaction, manage to create an ensemble that is both welcoming and mysterious.

On the models, the mesh is suggested by fishnet stockings or tulle, which, in a single gesture, envelop and lighten the building. Its transparency varies depending on the location, modulating perceptions and atmospheres. In detail, the mesh is neither a tent nor packaging: it is a living fabric, a second skin that acts as the integument of buildings, giving them body, substance, and mystery.

It clings to all the edges of the volumes, creating both private, almost secret spaces and public areas where everyone can circulate as they stroll around. This metal, stretched like a fishing net and featuring a specific weave, filters natural light and gives the architecture a unique expressiveness. The mesh covers facades and roofs, creating new intermediate spaces between sky and earth, immersed in nature.