GALERIE PHILIA PRESENTS HÉRITAGES, A COLLECTIBLE DESIGN EXHIBITION SET WITHIN THE UNITÉ D’HABITATION—LA CITÉ RADIEUSE—THE SEMINAL RESIDENTIAL BUILDING BY LE CORBUSIER.
FOR THE OCCASION, GALERIE PHILIA COMMISSIONED EIGHT INTERNATIONAL DESIGNERS TO PRODUCE NEW WORKS THAT EXPLORE, RETHINK, AND REINTERPRET LE CORBUSIER’S URBANISTIC, ARCHITECTURAL, AND DECORATIVE PRINCIPLES. CONCEIVED AROUND THE NOTIONS OF RESONANCE AND DISSONANCE, THE EXHIBITION POSITIONS THESE PIECES IN DIRECT DIALOGUE WITH THE EXISTING ARCHITECTURE.
THE RESULTING COMPOSITION MOVES BETWEEN CONTINUITY AND FRICTION: SOME WORKS ECHO THE RIGOR AND MODULAR CLARITY OF THE BUILDING, WHILE OTHERS INTRODUCE SHIFTS IN SCALE, MATERIAL, OR LANGUAGE THAT CHALLENGE ITS LOGIC. WITHIN THIS TENSION, HÉRITAGES FRAMES COLLECTIBLE DESIGN AS AN ACTIVE AND EVOLVING FIELD—ONE THAT ENGAGES CRITICALLY WITH MODERNISM WHILE OPENING NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR FORM, SPACE, AND LIVING.