Lighting. Jóias. Vince Frost* Design Blog. Quinze & Milan. · NOPATTERN / CHUCK ANDERSON. Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec Design. A new Museum called MUDAM (Museum of Modern Art- Grand Duc Jean, Luxembourg) opened in July 2006 in a building designed by Architect I.M Pei, an unfurling of mineral facades punctuated by slanted glass sides. Under one of these high glass roofs and in an adjacent room are located the restaurant and the shop of the Museum, which director Marie-Claude Beaud asked Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec to design. The main challenge under the glass roof was to counteract a strong light both direct and reverberated by the floor. Then, the idea was to create a congenial atmosphere in a monumental space by offering sheltered places favoring relaxation and meals.
The answer was to build autonomous human-sized architectures, breaching the vertical geometry of the place in order to create an atmosphere of home comfort. The restaurant’s structure contains two long tables made of Douglas fir tree, which seem to be levitating between the two rows of Thonet chairs. Hulger (St. Martins Design Contest) Artista. Www.derindesign.com. Mandala arte e tecnolgia. Genevieve Gauckler.