06-11-2014
Spatial Design

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Studio Makkink & Bey www.studiomakkinkbey.nl

Hôtel Dupanloup

By 06-11-2014

Once the home of a notorious bishop, the seventeenth century building in the town of Orléans, Hôtel Dupanloup has recently been reconstructed to function as International Research Center of the University of Orléans. Studio Makkink & Bey developed a series of spatial installations that transform the historic chambers into lively public spaces.

Studio Makkink & Bey furnished the main room as well as 23 working/meeting rooms of Hôtel Dupanloup by creating eclectic three-dimensional collages of furniture, using among others a Dupanloup chair and table specially designed for the project, antique pieces of furniture, and re-designs made of Ikea furniture by students of l’École Supérieure d’Art et de Design d’Orléans that participated in a summer workshop with Makkink en Bey.

Even when not in use these ‘rooms within a room’ interiors are intriguing spatial still lifes that portray several layers of time, or as Regional Director of Cultural Affairs of the research centre, Sylvie Le Clech, described them: “A treasure hunt across centuries.”