For the second time, Architecture du Maroc presents a project by Karl Fournier and Olivier Marty (Studio KO): whether in the Saint Laurent Museum (AM no. 71) or in this house, a personal, coherent…
For the second time, Architecture du Maroc presents a project by Karl Fournier and Olivier Marty (Studio KO): whether in the Saint Laurent Museum (AM no. 71) or in this house, a personal, coherent architectural approach imposes itself with singular strength. Its essential grammar is space and light — the very definition of architecture — but also, no doubt at the heart of each project’s identity, materials…
“Every project is a pretext to play, to reveal,” the architects confirm. On each site, there is “a thread to trace back” in order to better underline a context that is the matrix.
The reflection then bears on an environment, a particular topography, a past — in a kind of archaeological process that precedes the architectural act itself. A creativity that thus draws on the spirit of the place, the narrative thread of a story to be created, and sometimes an encounter and a sharing with a visionary client.
“Studio KO plays with matter as one plays with words, reinventing the meanings it awakens and the way it is perceived,” the architects say — somewhat as anagrams, rhymes or rebuses work in language. Their body of work thus illustrates this quest for effects that create surprise — something that could, in time, become a repetitive device, were it not that the mastery of traditional craftsmanship highlights their authenticity, and that the creative reflection is always on alert.
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