ECAL
Chez Le Corbusier
Villa «Le Lac»
2nd July – 29th August 2012
A project conceived by Elric Petit, head of the bachelor’s degree programme in industrial design at ECAL, and Chris Kabel, professor at ECAL.
« Traversier » ECAL/Massao Combeau – Image ECAL/Nicolas Genta
The Belgian Elric Petit is member of BIG-GAME design studio. BIG-GAME designed Ball Lamp for Tamawa.
ECAL/Cover Catalogue – Image Milo Keller
One’s of the world’s most prestigious schools of art has defined a new teaching paradigm by making architecture and industrial design more interdisciplinary, more interconnected. ECAL chez Le Corbusier (ECAL at Le Corbusier’s place) is a magnificent tribute to the great architect ont the 125th anniversary of his birth. It is also, and above all, an encounter between a master and some pupils : between Le Corbusier and the students of ECAL (University of Art and Design Lausanne). To imagine, then to produce objects for the villa «Le Lac» was the project conceived by Elric Petit, head of the bachelor’s degree programme in industrial design at ECAL, and Chris Kabel, professor at ECAL. The project soon outgrew the framework of a classic teaching activity : the potential offered by the site, the inventiveness awakened by this assignement and the quality of the executions naturally led to the idea of an on-site exhibition.
« Clic-lac » – ECAL/Alice Spieser – Image ECAL/Nicolas Genta
For your information, the city of La Chaux-de-Fonds (Switzerland, place of birth of Le Corbusier) is celebrating in 2012 the 125th birthday of the architect with events and exhibitions on the theme of photography. Please, see http://www.lecorbusier2012.ch for more information.