Rudy Ricciotti's Brutalist Villas at FIAC 2007
At FIAC 2007, the architecture of Rudy Ricciotti, winner of the 2006 Prix national d'architecture, was highlighted. His Stadium in Vitrolles, built fifteen years prior, resembles a WWII submarine base with discordant decorative treatment bordering on baroque. Ricciotti's villas blend roughness and sophistication: Villa Lyprendi in Toulon features two horizontal concrete slabs facing the sea with simple glazing, while Villa Navarra is even more excessive, a long slit flat in the natural landscape, conceived as a defensive shelter.
Key facts
- Rudy Ricciotti won the Prix national d'architecture in 2006.
- His Stadium in Vitrolles was built fifteen years before 2007.
- The Stadium is nicknamed 'bunker' and evokes a WWII submarine base.
- Villa Lyprendi is in Toulon, facing the sea, with two horizontal concrete slabs.
- Villa Navarra is an even more excessive version of the same model.
- Villa Navarra is described as a long meurtrière (slit) flat in the natural space.
- The domus is conceived as a defensive shelter.
- The article is from artpress, October 2007.
Entities
Artists
- Rudy Ricciotti
Institutions
- FIAC
- artpress
Locations
- Vitrolles
- Bandol
- Toulon
- France
Sources
- artpress —