To meet well-known ghosts who live not far from Paris to Louis Kerry house

Pushing the door of Louis house in the edges of the edges of Louis-Sur-Gayon, it must be immersed in an atmosphere of the early 1960s. Thus, the spirits of Marcel Ducumamp, Juan Mirs and many others have been swimming in the past since 1959, and Villa developed by architect and graduation designer. “The garden parties organized in the Mayen of May in the Garden gathered hundreds of guests and ran in a career,” said the home manager. With my knowledge only Le Corbusier never came. We have a letter where he apologizes for the fact that he could not participate in the party, but where he transmits his companies to Aalto. It is impossible for him strictly kept Louis stone so that he was not elected to build this house. “This 350 m sponsor² At a level is over 90m² The above-mentioned staff, which was now forgotten, was the time that the essential owner of the gallery was showing in Paris and New York, such as Paul Class, Le Corbus or Spirits.

However, nothing is prevented by Louis Carre in Excel in this universe. Through the courses, the lawyer resumed the modest trade of antiques in the 1930s, but his eye, his curiosity prompted him to show interest in his time artists. For twenty years, he has been a great reputation as the owner of the gallery in France and the largest art names of the Atlantic Cream. It is also an artist Fernand Léger, who, when Kerry had just gained his land in Mazanz-Sart-Gayon, he said he would meet Aalto. The appointment was made in the summer of 1956, during the Venice Biennale, in the Finnish pavilion, which was developed by Aalto. “They dinner together, and the current immediately went between these two men of the same generation,” says Ásdís Ólafsdóttir. This friendship lasted their whole life beyond the construction of the house. Hotspent

Aalto’s organic and humanistic vision, Le Corbus’ “concrete side”, which he was initially expected for this mission, understood Louis Karen to find the ideal architect to clarify his life project. Cooperation – Unique in France, Carré Maison is the only Alto building in France, and also extremely liquid will be fascinating correspondence.

“Outside small but large inside”

Construction began in 1957 and lasted two and a half years. Louis Carré, who wanted to “outside the small house, but from the big inside” chooses noble and solid materials. In 1959, very few changes were made to the plan and interior formation. “

Each external and internal element imagines a sharp feeling of detail. Refinancing everywhere is without compromise. The ceilings of the entrance hall were filled with light and the living room was covered with Finnish red pine. Oak structures Parquet floor and library. Ashes and wolf strengthen doors and storage with their elegant bronze and leather handles. Mobilier, lighting, textiles. Nothing is left by chance. Some elements that are tailor, and others come from the catalog of the worker, the company that still broadcasts Alvar Aalo.

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Finally, in June 1959, Louis Karen and his wife, Olga settled home for their unique art collection that guests can admire that parade, which they regularly give. Unfortunately, this collection will be scattered at auction in 2002 after Olga’s death. In 1977, it lived in a lonely basic man in 1977. “House rating as a historic monument in 1996 He defended the walls of the house, but not his internal furniture, “says” Ásdís Ólafsdóttir. The Alvar Aalto Association has negotiated the whole entirety. “It will happen in 2006.

“Almost everything could be kept … Furniture, dishes, library books and even clothes in the cabinets. For the preservation of this architectural work.

Louis Carré Maison, 2, Chemin Du Saint-Promper, 78490 Bazoches-sur-Guyonne. Public reopening public. www.maisonlouiscarre.fr