19 February 2014
At Design Miami/ 2013, Louis Vuitton has funded the construction of a house on the beach (La Maison au Bord de l’Eau), designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1934. Although initially conceived by Perriand as a vacation home for workers, the contemporary version is far from spartan: in fact it is a small structure of wood and aluminum, with an area of around 100 square meters, that contains everything needed for a life on the seashore, in contact with nature. The modern reconstruction may not perfectly reflect the intentions of the designer, but the result is a fascinating one.
