Jean Nouvel Presents His Modular Shelter For Revolution Precrafted

by France Architecture News

Jean Nouvel is one of the designers who develops modular mobile homes for Revolution Precrafted-Nouvel has unveiled his modular shelter, produced as part of a limited edition series for Revolution Precrafted. Named Simple, this house is designed and packaged off-site, delivered in a standard shipping container and easily assembled on-site for the fair.

The architects first presented his design in front of the Louvre in Paris on October 18 – 28. The, Nouvel’s collectible home was showcased during the Foire internationale d’art contemporain (FIAC) in Paris. 

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The structure is comprised of lightweight aluminum exterior panels, a layer of thermally-efficient insulating foam and wooden interior lining. The design is customizable in size and layout, allowing for end-users to define the space to their liking with sliding interior windows and partitions. Collectors can also choose from a variety of interior finishes.

”Housing is the purpose of architecture. What we propose here is the most immediate way to inhabit a space, within a short timeframe, in places that are not designed for residential use today and that become so, spontaneously. All of the essential notions relating to housing must be condensed into a single object that can be built very quickly and inhabited by one, two, three or four people within the same volume,” said Jean Nouvel.

Revolution presents art and design enthusiasts with a new way of collecting and experiencing art. These designer pavilions, envisioned by leading architects, artists and design luminaries, are collectible structures that aim to democratize high-design by making them accessible to a broader audience. 

An exclusive curation of pre-crafted pavilions is made available thru a sophisticated e-commerce platform, making it possible for anyone to own editioned pieces in a click of a button. 

Revolution Precrafted Pavilions are collectible structures with a wide array of functions that will complement a home or an existing space. They are unique space additions that can be anything from a living room, pool, reading area, or a multitude of other functions that are meant to inspire, excite, motivate, and contribute to one’s health and wellbeing.

The project unites over 30 of the world’s preeminent architects, artists and designers to create an exclusive series of prefab, liveable spaces including Zaha Hadid&Patrik Schumacher, Kengo Kuma, Massimiliano&Doriana Fuksas, Ben Van Berkel, Sou Fujimoto, Fernando Romero and many more.

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Massimiliano And Doriana Fuksas Design A Polygonal Mobile House For Revolution Precrafted

by Italy Architecture News, WA Contents

The Matilda Home, a special mobile living unit that can be placed in everywhere designed by Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas, founder and principals of Studio Fuksas, for Revolution Precrafted house series. Fuksas’ design can be conceived as a smallest living unit in the world, consisting of three-storey with a maximum comfort. 

The Matilda Home is a polygonal structure that can also be reproducible by adding new modules, to be adaptable for every region. The design is comprised of two typical units -one of them consists of 2 bedrooms, kitchen, living room, closet and roof deck, occupying 201 square meters area in total. The materials used for the house are teak wood, marble and steel. 

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”The idea to bring design also in common life attracted us,” says Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas. ”This is a new concept of habitat of house. It’s a mobile home it can be everywhere around the world; everybody can be a client. It’s a modular unit so many of them can be added together like a cloud. It can even be a city.”

”This is not an object, it is a concept, it can be a city, a landscape or simply an home. Easy to build, it can be done in different materials more or less expensive. Matilda is a completely different space since nowadays we don’t need so much storage space, you just need to have a screen. The only thing is important is to have a nice place to eat, to seat and to sleep but also this can be done with something you close when you don’t need.”

”We tried to develop a new formula of the house because also we don’t know who is dedicated and the people who will be living in the house. First of all, it is a house but also a piece of art, sculpture and it is easy to build and can be done with different materials,” says Doriana Fuksas.

The 1-Bedroom and 2-Bedroom units’ dimensions are comprised of 18.72 meters L x 10.80 meters W x 11.70 meters H, while their total areas changing with 155 square meters and 201 square meters.

Revolution is a collection of limited edition, pre-crafted properties, including homes and pavilions, introduced by design & real estate developer Robbie Antonio. The project unites over 30 of the world’s preeminent architects, artists and designers to create an exclusive series of prefabricated, livable spaces. 

With a network of cutting-edge technologies and cost-efficient production systems, Revolution is democratizing high-design and architecture by introducing designed spaces in exclusive collaboration with industry leading creatives.

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Bigger than ever, the 43rd edition of FIAC explores utopias and displacement

BY ROOKSANA HOSSENALLY, Wallpaper*

Paris’ International Contemporary Art Fair (FIAC) usually revolves around the gigantic Grand Palais museum with satellite events across the city. This year, however, things are a little different. FIAC’s 43rd edition (running until 23 October) is the largest to date, with a line-up of 186 galleries from 27 countries, as well as an ever-diverse offering including a contemporary dance section and new On Site venues like the Petit Palais and Palais de la Découverte museums. 

‘Offering the Petit Palais, such a prestigious venue, built at the same time as the Grand Palais for the 1900 World Expo, was a desire many exhibitors expressed,’ explains fair director Jennifer Flay. ‘And to see contemporary sculptures like Damien Hirst’s white marble Anatomy of an Angel exhibited among the paintings of Gustave Courbet for instance, helps to see things in a new and different way.’

Installation view of Elmgreen & Dragset’s one-day takeover of Galerie Perrotin’s booth at the Grand Palais, one month before FIAC officially opened. Pictured, from left, works by Jean-Michel Othoniel, Takashi Murakami and Elmgreen & Dragset.
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Flay is also eager to see the Avenue Winston Churchill that runs between the two museums – where several artworks will be shown – restored to a pedestrian esplanade as it was in the 1900s. In addition, the event will also see the reopening (after a decade) of the forgotten corridor between the Grand Palais and the Palais de la Découverte science museum, emphasising the building of links between space and time, as opposed to putting up walls. 

In fact, many of the installations outside the Grand Palais will explore the unofficial theme of utopia. ‘Although it’s not a deliberate response to what’s going on at the moment, there is a link,’ says Flay. 

Another must-see on Flay’s list is Ugo Rondinone’s installation of ten 5m-high sculptures of gnarly olive trees and anthropomorphic stone figures on Place Vendôme. ‘It’s not an easy space to occupy, and this is by far the largest footprint we’ve had on the square,’ says Flay.

‘6×6 flexible, deliverable house’, by Jean Nouvel, 2016
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In the Tuileries Gardens, Pezo Von Ellrichshausen further explores the unofficial theme with a mock-up of the lighthouse he plans on building in Lampedusa to help guide immigrant boats, built from bits of washed up wood from shipwrecks. Nearby, architects Jean Prouvé and Jean Nouvel contribute with their all-terrain emergency housing, a response to homelessness caused by natural and political disasters. For Flay, this FIAC is more meaningful than ever. ‘We are so thrilled to present these pieces in this context because it makes us think about the terrible situation immigrants are in. But also about possible solutions.’

‘The Tapestry’, by Pierre-Alain Cornaz, for Orient Express, from the series Manifest Pieces. Courtesy of Maud Remy Lonvis
(Image credit: Courtesy of Maud Remy Lonvis)
‘The Secretary’, by Pierre-Alain Cornaz, for Orient Express, from Manifest Pieces. 
(Image credit: Courtesy of Maud Remy Lonvis)
Pictured (from left): Broken Suite 1, by Philippe Decrauzat, 2014; and A Lighthouse for Lampedusa!, by Thomas Kilpper, 2016. Courtesy of Thomas Kilpper and Galerie Nagel Draxler Berlin/ Cologne.
(Image credit: Youssef Meftah, Bruxelles)
Rogue, by Bernard Frize, 2015; and Untitled, by Pieter Vermeersch, 2016. 
(Image credit: Courtesy of Galerie Perrotin)
Partner to this year’s edition of FIAC, Orient Express is showing its first series of products (and visual travel inspiration, pictured) in a special exhibition area in the Grand Palais. 
(Image credit: Courtesy of Maud Remy Lonvis)
Tondo N°XH 5, by Daniel Buren, 2016. Brussels; and Dreamtime, by Stanley Whitney, 2016
(Image credit: Courtesy of the artist and Xavier Hufkens)
Woman Crying #9, by Anne Collier, 2016. Courtesy of the artist and Anton Kern Gallery, New York; and Bharat Pehchane (Fatim Diop), by Aurélien Froment, 2016. Courtesy of Marcelle Alix, Paris
(Image credit: Courtesy of the artist and Anton Kern Gallery, Courtesy of Marcelle Alix)
Untitled, David Altmejd, 2014; and Anatomy of an Angel, Damien Hirst, 2008. Courtesy of Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved, DACS 2016. © White Cube (Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd)
(Image credit: Courtesy of Damien Hirst and Science Ltd., © White Cube (Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd))
Meret Oppenheim à la presse, by Man Ray, 1933
(Image credit: Man Ray)
Study for Seascape #29, by Tom Wesselmann, 1967. New York / Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY, Mitchell Innes & Nash, NY; and Deviceless, 2, by Jana Euler, 2015
(Image credit: Courtesy of the Estate of Tom Wesselmann)
Concetto Spaziale, Attesa, by Lucio Fontana, 1967. Courtesy of Tornabuoni Art
(Image credit: Courtesy of Tornabuoni Art)
Diary of a Long Year, by Edmund de Waal, 2016. Courtesy of Galerie Max Hetzler
(Image credit: Mike Bruce)
En route, Pszczóki, by Marie Bovo, 2016. Courtesy of the artist and Kamel Mennour, Paris; and Smentire il bianco, by Carol Rama, 1972. Courtesy of Archivio Carol Rama, Torino and Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin
(Image credit: Courtesy of the artist and Kamel Mennour, Courtesy of Archivio Carol Rama, Torino and Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi)
Metamorphism XXVI, by Julian Charrière, 2016. Courtesy of Philippe De Putter; and Series II Cube, by Larry Bell, 1985
(Image credit: Courtesy of Philippe De Putter)
Magi© Bullet, by General Idea, 1992. Courtesy of the artist and Esther Schipper, Berlin. Kunsthalle Zürich
(Image credit: A Burger)
Ecole de Bouqueval, by Jean Prouvé, 1949. Courtesy of Galerie Patrick Seguin; and Untitled, by Emil Michael Klein, 2015. Courtesy of Gaudel de Stampa, Paris
(Image credit: Courtesy of Galerie Patrick Seguin, Courtesy of Gaudel de Stampa)
Untitled, by Landon Metz, 2015.
(Image credit: Bloomlab.it)
‘The Lanterns’, by Pierre-Alain Cornaz, for Orient Express, from Manifest Pieces. 
(Image credit: Courtesy of Maud Remy Lonvis)
Emma Schönflies, by Raphaël Zarka, 2016. Courtesy of the artist and Michel Rein, Paris/Brussels; and Deci, by Pezo Von Ellrichshausen, 2016.
(Image credit: Marc Domage)
Untitled (Machine Painting), by Daniel Lefcourt, 2016. Courtesy of the artist and Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York; and Silent Listen, by Iván Navarro, 2016. Courtesy of Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris et Bruxelles
(Image credit: Courtesy of the artist and Mitchell-Innes & Nash, Courtesy of Galerie Daniel Templon)
Manifest Pieces collection, by Pierre-Alain Cornaz, for Orient Express. 
(Image credit: Courtesy of Maud Remy Lonvis)
The hand of god (table placée sur l’action), by Anri Sala, 2008. Napoli
(Image credit: Courtesy of Galleria Alfonso Artiaco)
Gypsum Flower, by Dove Allouche, 2016
(Image credit: Dove Allouche)

INFORMATION

The 43rd edition of FIAC is on view until 23 October. For more information, visit the FIAC website

Mendes da Rocha, FUKSAS & PJAR Architects Design Pre-Fab Homes for Revolution Precrafted

by Patrick Lynch, Arch Daily

Adding to their collection of pre-fabricated houses by top designers and architects, Robbie Antonio’s “Revolution Pre-Crafted” has released 3 new designs by Paulo Mendes Da Rocha + Metro, Massimiliano & Doriana Fuksas, and Philip Johnson Alan Ritchie Architects.

The three designs follow Revolution Pre-Crafted’s goal of democratizing the design of pre-fab structures, as they offer a line of products that incorporate the distinct spatial and social brands of master designers. The new houses join options from architects including Zaha Hadid, Sou Fujimoto, Daniel Libeskind and Gluckman Tang.

Matilda Home by Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas

The idea to bring design also in common life attracted us. This is a new concept of habitat of house. It’s a mobile home it can be everywhere around the world; everybody can be a client. It’s a modular unit so many of them can be added together like a cloud. It can even be a city.

This is not an object, it is a concept, it can be a city, a landscape or simply a home. Easy to build, it can be done in different materials more or less expensive. Matilda is a completely different space since nowadays we don’t need so much storage space, you just need to have a screen. The only thing is important is to have a nice place to eat, to seat and to sleep but also this can be done with something you close when you don’t need.

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Modular Glass House by Philip Johnson Alan Ritchie Architects

The original Glass House, designed seventy years ago by Philip Johnson as his home in Connecticut, has become a classic representation of modern architecture. The Glass House was not only Philip Johnson’s private residence; it was also his viewing platform for the world. The primary function of a house is to provide for the basic need of shelter. The beauty of a glass house is that it becomes a framework for the viewing of one’s surroundings.

The modular glass house was inspired by the original but has been re‐imagined as a series of modular components that can be pre‐fabricated and shipped to any site. The design follows the principals of the original by introducing a typical window bay and structure that become the outer skin of the building. Alan Ritchie sees residing in a glass house as an enhancement of the living experience by being immersed in your natural surroundings.

 
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Modular Living Unit by Paulo Mendes Da Rocha + Metro

MODULAR LIVING UNIT by PMR + METRO for Revolution Precrafted is a proposal for a prefabricated dwelling system. The project provides a multi-functional solution through the principles of reduced design grammar and refined construction technique. This flexible system can be employed in a variety of contexts and environments: urban and rural, tropical and temperate, individual and collective.

The basic living unit is 65m2 and is composed of a living room, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, and two verandas. This module can be distributed over a given lot in a variety of situations, creating diverse spatial combinations through multiple units. It may also be extended to two stories.

A simple structural frame permits a great range of arrangements. Its composing elements are dimensioned to allow ease of transportation and to minimize the need for the use of supporting equipment during installation.

An innovative facade system is constructed of durable, fibre-reinforced Ductal® concrete panels with different levels of insulation for different climates. The tone of the concrete may also vary: white, gray and black. The interior is made of a combination of concrete, glass and wooden panels.

For more information on the designs and to see the full collection, visit Revolution Precrafted’s website, here.

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‘Revolution Precrafted’ Offers Prefab Houses Designed by Big-Name Architects

by Joey Haar, TRENDHUNTER

Houses built by famous architects are beautiful, but they cost a fortune — Revolution Precrafted is aiming to give homebuyers the opportunity to live in famously designed houses without having to spend like they are. The Manila-based real estate firm sells prefab houses designed by some of the world’s most well-known architects.

According to the Revolution Precrafted website, the prefab houses offered average in the range of $300,000, not including the cost of land and site preparation. However, even with those costs added, that price tag is significantly lower than having a famous architect build a residence from scratch.

Some of the big names on Revolution Precrafted’s roster include Zaha Hadid, Jean Nouvel, Daniel Libeskind, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Tom Dixon and Lenny Kravitz. The homes are available for inquiry from both developers and homebuyers themselves.

 

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