Bubble Palace: the most expensive cave. The famous villa of Antta Lovaga is for sale

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The famous monument of organic architecture Bubble Palace, known as the Pierre Cardin estate, built by Antti Lovag in the 70s and 80s XX century, put up for sale. A luxurious villa, like many other projects of the architect, is a manifesto against a straight line. The shape of the building is an allusion to primitive caves, a symbol of beauty, flexibility and balance.

Antti Lovag is a French architect of Hungarian origin, one of the pioneers of the idea of ​​organic architecture of the XNUMXs. Working with Jean Prouvé and Jacques Coel, he developed his own approach - Habitology, the search for forms in the surrounding nature.

A straight line, according to Lovag, expresses "aggression against human nature." In his compositions, the architect preferred the circle as a symbol of the cycle of life, a figure that calls for play. The architect connects this form with anthropometry: even the trajectory of the movement of arms and legs and the field of vision of a person are circles. Lovag studied this idea throughout his career, creating prototypes and experimental designs that reflected his theories about the way of life of a person and the motives of space exploration.

The space of the palace resembles an amusement park or a children's playground, anticipating the imagination of everyone who gets there

Bubble Palace ("Bubble Palace") is the business card of Antta Lovag, a building built in the 70s and 80s in the south of France, in the town of Theul-sur-Mer near Cannes and Nice. The project was carried out for an industrial magnate from Lyon, Pierre Bernard.

In his architectural compositions, Antti Lovag preferred the circle, considering the line an expression of aggression

A straight line, according to Lovag, expresses "aggression against human nature"

The architecture of the palace is a composition of spheres connected by passages. The palace with an area of ​​1200 square meters includes ten bedrooms, a reception hall for 500 people, gardens and a swimming pool. A metal frame was used as the "skeleton" of the building, and concrete was used to form the "body".

In 1991, the palace became the property of Pierre Cardin. Who else could properly appreciate this bright futuristic object, if not a great couturier, a lover of avant-garde art, a friend of Jean Cocteau, a revolutionary in the field of fashion, who blew up the world with the color of clothes, the head of a huge business empire! He called his new residence "sensual, like a woman's body."

In 1991, the Bubble Palace residence became the property of Pierre Cardin

The architect placed the villa on several levels, using the nature of the existing relief

Open and closed spaces alternate in the architectural complex

Later, the Bubble Palace space repeatedly served the fashion industry, because it was used as a platform for fashion shows, including for the Dior show, which Carden studied at one time.

An open-air amphitheater for 500 spectators is a place for a show

The palace with an area of ​​1200 square meters includes ten bedrooms, a reception hall for 500 people, gardens and a swimming pool

In 2016, the 5-year reconstruction of the building was completed, which was carried out by architect Odyl Dekk, laureate of the Jane Drew Award 2016.

The villa offers a magnificent view of the Mediterranean Sea

The furniture and other elements of the interior of the villa are made with the same sensitivity as the architectural ensemble. Here, the chair resembles a sculpture rather than a functional object

The futuristic interiors of the villa resemble the space of a spaceship

"For economic reasons or due to the lack of technical solutions, people have limited themselves to cubes, full of dead ends and corners that interfere with our movement and disturb our harmony" - Antti Lovag

Bubble Palace is now for sale. The future owner will be someone who is close to the philosophy of the great architect. This is not just a luxurious villa with a view of the Mediterranean Sea. This is a unique architectural monument, bearing the unique and recognizable handwriting of Antta Lovag, in which he expressed his vision of beauty, flexibility and balance. Applying in his project forms that refer to primitive caves, the architect calls for freedom, moving away from established templates of right angles: "For economic reasons or due to the lack of technical solutions, people have limited themselves to cubes, full of dead ends and corners, which interfere with our movement and violate our harmony".