00:00It's a place built on seven levels, which is composed of 1,000 square meters with volumes
00:12that are quite impressive, which was designed for a family.
00:16Hello Adé, I'm Hugo Thoreau, I'm an artist, architect and designer, and today I welcome
00:26you to one of the last projects that we have just delivered.
00:29We worked on it for three years, and we had two and a half years of work.
00:36For me, light is essential, because I can make the best drawings.
00:40Without a beautiful light, my project will not come to life.
00:44In the whole private hotel, we have a very warm light.
00:46The idea is really to create something that is domestic, that you feel at home.
00:50For me, a private hotel, if we talk about the entrance, there is always a majestic side.
00:56Here, I wanted to have a room that was very strong.
00:58So we drew this lust that we made in Murano, which is in massive glass, which is also
01:03tinted in the mass, which is made of both glass and aluminum, and which is 7.5 meters high,
01:09and which really gives a verticality and luminosity that will really encompass the whole space,
01:13and also allow us to create a homogeneous light before going into spaces that are more private.
01:21For me, this living room was first and foremost to create something monumental with a fireplace.
01:27I have a passion for fireplaces.
01:28By the way, for example, the fireplace was one of the first to come to life.
01:32And for me, it was really interesting, because I attach myself to having elements that are strong
01:37in each space, to be able to connect them and create, let's say, a certain synergy,
01:43a certain positive emulation between the different atmospheres and atmospheres.
01:49I wanted to create a fireplace that would already bring a certain color and a certain texture.
01:54So we created custom-made pots with one of our craftsmen, with this slightly greenish color,
01:59which is a bit difficult, let's say, to describe, but really also with this little embossed
02:05that will make you think of something, let's say, natural, like a bamboo, but to revisit
02:10with all this framing that will also be made of aluminum and that will bring back this
02:14contemporary side.
02:15And then to come and break this rather rigid symmetry, which also comes from the existing
02:20paneling, with a plantation on the side, with more organic shapes, like all this carpet
02:27and the sofa, all this in dialogue with the heritage, with the ground in Versailles Park.
02:45The swimming pool is a unique space because it is blind and we are in an atmosphere that
02:50is much more feutered, a little more tropical, but with a little side, let's say, boat.
02:55And then also, like, all this idea of a little bath, because we will also have the spa,
02:59the hammam, the sauna, and all this around a pool that is quite long, which is 7 meters long,
03:04so for an indoor pool in Paris, it is quite pleasant to draw this type of architectural element.
03:10I think it makes it a unique piece.
03:12The rooftop, just like the pool, it's a bit like two spaces that are a bit separated,
03:16that are a bit like bubbles and that allow you to create moments for yourself.
03:23It is a place that was built in 1911, which was abandoned for 15 years.
03:28So how to apprehend it?
03:30It is apprehended by having a certain freedom, a certain creativity, and then also by using
03:36techniques that will be old, such as skating techniques, but always to have this little
03:41twist, let's say more contemporary, and also bring a little touch of fun.
03:53So we have pieces that are very marked, which do not necessarily have continuity,
03:57toporality, so we're going to have a lamp that is much more brutal and dates from 2022,
04:02than after a bar, let's say Brazilian, from the 70s.
04:06And I like to have this mix because for me too, it's my style.
04:09I like to have this travel side, travel notebook, and thus integrate it inside.
04:14And in addition, what fascinated me also in this project, is that the client left me
04:19also the direction on works of art, and even some, I paint them myself,
04:25because I am also an artist.
04:31It is an abstract painting, and at the same time it will recall a mangrove,
04:34which will also echo with the shades that we will find in the upper part.
04:38And then also here, another one that is more figurative.
04:41The idea was really to always find this texture and this idea of layer.
04:45And it's a bit like if the water came to erase, but always leave a trace.
04:50And in fact, I always like this idea of working the trace.
04:57Just before entering the parental room, we first arrive in this office,
05:00which is a bit like a roundabout, on which we worked on ocher-yellow tones,
05:04which are quite powerful.
05:05With this idea of circular oculus, which will create this sequence,
05:12which will allow to have a certain procession.
05:15And it's always something that interests me in there.
05:17It's how to go from one transition to the other.
05:19Because for me, the job of an architect, is the transition between materials and spaces.
05:23And that's something that is always essential in my work.
05:27And I like to have the detail afterwards, but it's always that.
05:29It's this transition, it's like the stairs.
05:31The stairs are very important to me.
05:37Here, the idea was to create a room that was a bit fun.
05:41So we have the bed, which is put on a pedestal with two steps to access the bed.
05:46And for me, the texture side is very important.
05:48And that's also why we worked on fabrics that are stretched.
05:51So a mixture of cotton and raffia.
05:53We also really pushed the detail with these handles that are drawn on measure
05:57and which take up the shape of a gazelle horn.
05:59All this in massive chains.
06:02We also have different furniture that come to play in space.
06:05Elements that are chained, like the sofa of the Campana brothers,
06:08which will precisely link the glass with the carpet, which is also drawn on measure.
06:12And then it takes us to the bathroom.
06:17It's the idea of having a fantasy bathroom with this large bathtub,
06:22with this open book in green onyx from Mexico.
06:26And then this work of canning also in chains on the doors.
06:30All this to create something quite homogeneous.
06:32Again, everyone has their own space, everyone has their own identity,
06:35but always a thread.
06:42So on the garden, it was a request from the owner,
06:45to have a little touch, let's say Asian.
06:47What interested me was to have this non-Japanese side
06:50that we completely created.
06:52Then also to have this aquatic dimension.
06:57All my projects always start with a drawing.
06:59What is quite interesting here is that the curation was total.
07:02All the ceramic lamps, for example, in the living room are drawn on measure.
07:05Then we made them with a ceramic artist.
07:08I wanted this large sofa to be very majestic,
07:11but what also interests me is to see with what fabric we are going to do it,
07:14with what density.
07:16And in the dining room, we drew this large table,
07:18which actually separates in two,
07:20which also allows, when we have a table,
07:22we can be at about 14, it seems to me.
07:24And then also, when we separate, we can eat at 3-4.
07:27It's a loop marquetry,
07:29so it's going to take up a certain space,
07:31which will bring back this little contemporary side,
07:33and which will also make a subliminal message with the room,
07:35with the top of the bed.
07:37I like to create places that are alive,
07:39where we will have accidents,
07:41where people will also create moments of life.
07:43I like to highlight the accident.
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