“Aquatique” – ArchiSculpteurs, 2024

The experience begins aboard a boat moving through the islets of the hortillonnages and then continues with a walk to a cypress hedge. Behind this screen of vegetation, the Aquatic ArchiSculpture unfolds like some large shrub made from wooden poles decorated with bands of colour. In the middle of the structure,there are three shelters, three shapes each designed for different ways of dreaming, of enjoying the sky, of taking the time to observe the fauna and flora.

Aquatique is a way of seeing and being aware of our body in this space, and of questioning the way in which we live. A place where the concordance between architecture and sculpture converges. By physically engaging the visitor, the exhibit offers different points of view on this fragile aquatic universe.
Aquatique is designed for the place where it was made and considers the physical, climatic and ecological characteristics of its environment. The wood comes from local sawmills and preference has been given to rapidly growing softwood species. Only manual and small power tools were used. Objective: to be in the landscape and to be the landscape.