VICTORIA BABY FRANCOIS VERDIER
CIRCUS
Toulouse, Rue du Rempart Saint Etienne.
Victoria Baby Circus takes you into a dreamlike world of circus performers.
Colorful and poetic, we enter
a circus tent.
The tent is a continuous curved surface that envelops and generates
space
subspace
creating a special relationship between the show and the dwelling, artists and audience, inside and outside, interior and exterior, city and spectacle. The embellished words of scenographer Marcel Freydefont shape the design of the main stage of Victoria Baby Nail Bar.
The canvas of the tent, materialized by a black-stained bendable wooden wave, surrounds the artist and the spectator. It seems to be held by copper ropes, which are connected to vertical elements
The diva of the stage is the counter.
red
fierce
captivating
the scene of magic tricks for beautiful hands.
mystery
Under a starry alcove, the nail technicians are true manicure magicians.
Brushed, burnt, sanded, varnished, copper in all its states tells the story of the place. Copper defines the meeting point between wall and floor, tiles and wood, red and yellow
copper
hallway
a threshold between
different spaces.
Brass, granite, mirror, woodwork, the exuberance of materials plunges the public into a chic and extravagant circus. The negative oval on the ceiling, backlit by a thread of light, forms the
arena
a circle of
representation.
The softness of the curves makes it difficult to perceive the boundaries of the partitions. Curved in plan, curved in elevation, omnipresent curves, even in the contour of the floor tiles. Thus, the curve accompanies the guest to step onto the platform and sit on the unique throne. Victoria Baby Circus on Rue du Rempart Saint-Étienne takes us back to childhood, imagination and
magic.
credits
Contractors
Toul Immo, Antoine LeDuc
