With his quote Ne douter de rien  affixed to the windows of the antechamber, architect Aldric Beckmann was aiming to celebrate the audacity of Auguste Perret and his modern vision of construction. His installation in the form of a veil, a pixelated panorama of the urban landscape, was in dialogue with the towers of Beaugrenelle opposite the building on Rue Raynouard on the other side of the Seine, an expression of the vertical city of the 1960s that Perret had already imagined at the beginning of the 20th century.

In the dining room on Rue Raynouard, entirely lined with oak paneling, the Brazilian-born painter Daniela Busarello pays tribute to Perret the builder through the finesse of a painting on gauze specially produced using wax and pigments from minerals found in the earth beneath Paris. Her work, entitled Deviens ce que tu es, was inspired by the teachings of Auguste Perret, who advocated an economy of means, and upholds the concept of genius loci, transforming simple minerals into living urban pigments.

For the hexagonal bathroom that punctuates the apartment’s series of spaces, the artist Thomas Devaux created Totem 12.74 to go above the Jerusalem stone bathtub, low-set as though hollowed out of the floor. This triptych in dichroic glass, pigment print and gold leaf creates ever-changing reflections that interact with the mirrors and varying light in the space, infusing it with a new sanctity.

In cooperation with the artist Vincent Leroy, composer Jérôme Échenoz conceived Ferroconcrete 51, an audio mobile made up of speakers and Fresnel lenses that encourages an ethereal exploration of the concrete space, becoming the culmination of the visitor’s path through the apartment. Hanging from the domed bathroom ceiling, it flutters gently, emanating an enigmatic sound that reflects the room’s atmosphere of mystery.

Deployed throughout the apartment, the olfactory installation by Atelier Ellena offers an unusual, creative insight into the hidden facets of the architecture, evoking the private life within these walls of Auguste Perret and his wife Jeanne, called “Perrette” by intimates. The vestibule is infused with the scents of “Perret”, a fragrance featuring notes of leather, books, newspapers and eaux de cologne, conjuring impressions of a bygone era. In the bathroom, “Auguste” evokes the couple’s innermost private life with chypre and carnation notes mingled with fresh, clean accords, signatures of an era.

The limited edition Auguste lamps were conceived by Constance Guisset in situ as an homage to Auguste Perret, in dialogue with his Rue Raynouard apartment. The walnut and satin-finish glass Auguste 1 sconce is attached to the concrete column, animating the immense white dome of the living room ceiling to the rhythm of swirling highlights. The lamp is an incitation to the contemplation of an imaginary sky, varying from hot to cold, from sunlight to moonlight. In the bedroom, Auguste 2 stands like a living sentinel on the floor, its mysterious iridescence echoing the glass bead sconces designed by Perret on either side of the mirrors.

In response to an invitation from curator Marion Vignal, the artist Théo Mercier uses the living room’s two bookcases as the setting for a selection of sculptures, recalling Perret’s devotion to the art form. The artist transposed the “curiosity cabinet” from his Parisian studio to the seventh floor of the Rue Raynouard building. The rationalist design of these wooden cases provides the backdrop for artworks, sculpture fragments and archaeological pieces, real or fictional, that resonate with our cultural memories and our relations with objects.

Inspired by the furniture with hidden compartments designed by Auguste Perret, Émilie Paralitici, image and creative director of Métaphores, conceived Latitude, an oak, brass and leather marquetry end table whose lines evoke the facade of the Rue Raynouard building. This exceptional handcrafted work pays homage to Perret’s genius and rationalist aesthetic.

Entitled Infinity Chandelier, the digital work in the form of a video NFT by the Catalan designer Eugeni Quitllet invites the viewer to enter a new dimension. An infinite chandelier appears in the white halo of the living room, connecting the Parisian apartment with the heavens – an intriguing extension between the architecture and the cosmos.
Like a dream-catcher, Infinity Chandelier changes form as it turns into a passageway to another dimension, holding out an invitation to explore the creativity within each of us and the power of our intuition. An ode to inspiration, the piece fits in naturally with Quitllet’s oeuvre, creations that challenge the law of gravity and the limits of physical matter.

In the bedroom, the fabric installation by the Brazilian artist Bruna Vettori recalls Perret’s passion for poetry. Entitled La Permanence, this calligraphic work incites us to perceive words as an elemental component of our own structures. With a delicate, gossamer creation, the artist explores the weight of words.

Sharing Perret’s fascination with owls, Pierre Yovanovitch collects owl figurines of all eras. For this project, the interior designer created Lady Marguareth, an armchair inspired by his favorite bird, a symbol of wisdom and vision. Hand-sculpted from solid oak, it reigns in majesty over the décor of the Perret’s bedroom.