L’indiscret – Atelier Quand Même, 2026

L’indiscret – Atelier Quand Même, 2026
Thursday May 7th, 2026 Zoé Gambier

This massive structure is a space that heightens the experience of interiority, placing visitors in proximity, sheltered from the noise of the world.

Siegfried provokes the engulfment of Mélusine, his beloved, after observing her through the keyhole. The young woman considered the bedroom as the guarantor of secrecy. On a plot, a massive object is placed, revealing nothing of the inner nature of the installation. It is an enclosed space, pierced by discreet skylights, allowing partial views of the outside without being seen (and vice versa).

The architecture draws on the heritage of ancient fortifications. Its elongated configuration makes it a space to circulate and a place to pause. The sky is the only exterior element to penetrate inside where two long rows of benches face each other, inviting encounters.

The artist

Atelier Quand même - James BOUQUARD, Pierre-Yves PÉRÉ, Camille CLERC & Benjamin HUBERT

Quand même is a Nantes-based practice founded in 2016 by Pierre-Yves Péré, architect, and James Bouquard, landscape architect and set designer. The practice explores the fields of urban making and landscape through constructions and interventions acting on territory and its uses. Camille Clerc and Benjamin Hubert, architects, have since joined the team.
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