A few days ago, Sylvain left me alone :-( to spend a few days in south of France to see his parents...
It was a good oportunity for him to make a stop by the seaside,
in a town really lost in the 50's: ROYAN!
He spent a night at "Le trydent Thyrse".
Just in front of the Atlantic ocean,
this hotel kept his modern architecture direct from the 50's!
It has been fully re-furnished in a mid-century style.
The owners like to go to flea markets to find real vintage furniture.
They have created a beautiful interior.
Here is how Sylvain was dressed on that day.
30's black jacket on beige high waisted pants,
simple but so elegant!
simple but so elegant!
Time for checking out...
Sylvain got just few hours left to enjoy Royan...
1900s and 1950s architectures are side by side on the seafront.
Royan can be compared to Palm Springs ...but without the palms...
Many beautiful modern villas...
but also many public buildings built in the 50's
with a look of the future,
with a look of the future,
like this market mall!
These kind of buildings are still in use.
There are so many different kinds of 50s houses there,
but it's only recently that people thought that these kind of designs can also be a part of our history!
This one was for example detailled in a famous architecture book from 1961.
It's hard for people who live in a country like France to understand that a modern 50's church can be as interesting than a gothic one from the middle age!
People value stones but not concrete....
However if you can visit the cathedral of Royan, you can easily understand why this kind of designs can be real pieces of art!
You can see some traditionnal gothic shapes nicely revisited.
Little by little a few buildings are saved and restored...
but there is still a long way to make all people understand how important are that post WWII architecture...
Do you have a lot of modern architecture where you live?
Do you feel that people value / like 50's buildings?
FRENCH CORNER
Sylvain m'a "abandonné" il y a quelque temps pour passer quelques jours en famille dans le Sud Ouest. Il en a profité pour faire un petit stop à ROYAN, Mecque de tous les amateurs d'architecture 50's. Il a eu la chance de passer une nuit dans un hôtel entièrement remeublé vintage. Malheureusement, ce type d'architecture n'est pas très valarisé en France, ce n'est que récemment que les habitants de Royan ont pris concience du potentiel de cette architecture atypique. Mais il reste encore un bon bout de chemin pour faire comprendre à tous qu'une église en béton 50's peut avoir autant d'intérêt qu'une cathédrale gothique du Moyen Age...
Et vous trouvez vous que ce genre de patrimoine est suffisamment préservé et mis en avant?
- Bonne fin de semaine -
