" A building, …. : it exists, it is its strength and, often, its only strength.
To reality, it came to be added, bringing something that was not there, a weight, a point, a surface, an opportunity. There, with him, something was held, ... it was necessary for there to be an intention, decisions, trades and know-how to be involved, for trucks to have rolled , that checks have been signed, expected, disputed maybe.
Immersed in the activity during its construction phase, once completed it emerges from it, that is to say that its life begins, can begin ... ”Jean Christophe Bailly - La Phrase Urbaine
In 2016 I decided to come back and settle in Auvergne, and after a year of research, this magnificent orchard nestled in the hollow of the village of Tourzel, came to look for me.
The project and its construction will have overcome three years of nomadism.
Everything has to be invented.
Two years of battle to obtain a permit, find the artisans, move forward, give up, rethink ... with the help of the architect.
A new life is promised to the orchard which is no longer maintained, and whose aging trees are just survivors.
“I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in nature which, if we give in to it subconsciously, points us in the right direction. "
Henry David Thoreau - Walking
In addition to this, you need to know more about it.
In addition to this, you need to know more about it.
The place was created in 2019, in a natural setting, in the Rhône Alpes Auvergne region.
It is located at an altitude of 700m, between Issoire and Besse, 30km south of Clermont-Ferrand, below the village of Tourzel, near the Couze river, opposite the Moulin des Volontaires.
The workshop, in a wooden structure, is built on an old orchard of 1800m2 (apple and pear trees), thus offering direct access to nature.
From the orchard, the hiking trails start directly, in the direction of Vodable, the Puy d'Ysson ... as well as the Camino de Santiago, passing by the church of Ronzières, through paths and forests.
Ba: the place
Is high, open, sunny
It's a field, a scene, to come together
The place where something is happening
The place where the subject disappears in front of the turn of things and becomes conjuncture
"There is no place without being, there is no being without a place of being" Augustin Berque-Konchi-in Kyoto
Sous les Pommiers Ba is a private place for practice, research and multidisciplinary artistic creation.
A place of interaction, exchange, experimentation with the environment and landscapes
A place that brings together meeting points
A place of residences
A place of installations, performances, exhibitions
A place that offers free, immersive, evolving spaces that can accommodate light structures, devices offering possibilities of movement, contemplation, modular spaces, in which dancers, musicians, plastic artists, actors, researchers, visitors ...
The place is open all year round for occasional and regular workshops, internships, residencies, rehearsals, conferences, exhibitions, installations and all research projects and artistic laboratories, in connection with the body, the landscape and the environment. .
Its location in a natural setting and at the same time within a village, allows ideal conditions for work, experimentation and research.
