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Tableau Vivant - Cordova Gardens Facade

“Tableau Vivant” - Atelier Manferdini proposal for 350 Cordova consists of 10 custom tile mosaics - fusing form and colors, that occupy the curtain between the public garden and the internal courtyard. The overall subject matter of the artwork is a tree, that negotiates real and manmade nature, abstract and figural representation, and offers a contemporary interpretation of the genre of “Tableau Vivant” at the scale of a building façade.

Project Details

Design Sector: Architecture

Typology: Apartment

Scope/Role: Architectural Designer

Location: Pasadena, California, United States

Year: TBD

Status: Competition

Team: Atelier Manferdini

A tableau vivant, French for “living picture”, is a static scene containing one or more actors or audience. It combines aspects of theatre and the visual arts. The artwork for 350 Cordova creates a stage where the audience enters in conversation with nature and encourages the occurrence of “relational experiences”. The vertical artwork becomes an inhabitable curtain.

The 10 mosaics measure 4’ x 10’ each for a total of 400 sqf. Ceramic tiles measure 2”x2” and are custom arranged.

“Tableau Vivant” playfully interacts with the pedestrian bridges that connect the two long buildings, revealing and concealing the private gardens behind. The vertical artwork transports the audience into a contemplative state and creates an unexpected personal experience along a public street, where people would otherwise be distractedly passing by.

Kumaran Parthiban

Speculative Architect/Educator in Los Angeles

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