{"id":2941,"date":"2016-02-15T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.a-demeure.org\/production\/daniel-buren-in-toulouse\/"},"modified":"2022-09-28T11:51:07","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T11:51:07","slug":"daniel-buren-in-toulouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.a-demeure.org\/production\/en\/daniel-buren-in-toulouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Buren in Toulouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

A work for the Purpan site \u2013 Hospital Complex
\n<\/strong>Toulouse <\/strong><\/h1>\n

Several years\u2019 ago, Purpan hospital began a complete overhaul of its site by opening several establishments between 1990 and 2006 and the arrival of the tramway at the end of 2010. The construction of the Pierre-Paul Riquet clinic and the Urgence-R\u00e9animation-M\u00e9decine building is an opportunity to commission a work from an artist. The central concern is the question of hospitality. Emphasis is placed on the need to identify flows for hospital users, to organise the passage to the interior from the tramway stop and to reflect on the halls while developing a common identity for the two buildings.<\/p>\n

After an observational phase looking at the sites and their uses, Daniel Buren chose to concentrate his intervention on the URM and PPR reception halls, and on the bridge that connects the two buildings.<\/p>\n

10 Cadres carr\u00e9s pour un patio <\/em><\/strong>(Ten Square Frames for a Patio)<\/strong>, permanent in situ work, Urgences-R\u00e9animation-M\u00e9decines building reception hall, Purpan site, Hospital complex, Toulouse university, 2013-2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

Inside the patio, three square three-dimensional frames spread out from the street-side fa\u00e7ade, accelerating the perspective. Blue, yellow, red \u2013 each one is connected to a second on an open angle equal to that formed by the two glass walls on the street side (hall entrance) and corridor side (access to other services). The four frames opposite the windows are projected and laminated onto the windows with white adhesive strips.<\/p>\n

Le Puits de lumi\u00e8re en 5 couleurs et sur 5 \u00e9tages <\/em><\/strong>(Skylights in 5 Colours and on 5 Floors), permanent in situ work, Pierre-Paul Riquet reception hall, Purpan site, Hospital complex, Toulouse university, 2013-2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

The square space inside the entrance hall with its series of windows is worked in volume: Blue, yellow, orange, red and green tablets, punctuated by white stripes highlight the square form and follow one another up to the ceiling of this empty space. These five frames, superimposed on one another, like light boxes (each illuminating the upper box), become the main lighting for the Pierre-Paul Riquet Hospital entrance hall.<\/p>\n

Bayad\u00e8re pour 3 couleurs et 2 bandes blanches <\/em><\/strong>(Bayad\u00e8re for 3 Colours and 2 White Stripes), permanent work in situ, bridge \u2013 Hospital Pierre-Paul Riquet \/ <\/strong>Urgences-R\u00e9animation-M\u00e9decines building, Purpan site, hospital complex, Toulouse University, 2013-2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

The bridge that links the Emergency Services building to the Medical Imaging Department (situated at the heart of PPR) is used to indicate the flux between the two spaces. The windows are entirely recovered with self-adhesive paper and divided into sequences of 43.5cm width, successively blue, yellow and red, then composed of 5 alternating strips (white and transparent) of 8.7cm.<\/p>\n

This large frieze diffuses its coloured light into the passage used exclusively by patients and caregivers. It is visible from outside day and night (on the tramway side and at the back of the buildings) like a kind of luminous horizontal lantern.<\/p>\n

Patrons: Purpan Site (CHU), Toulouse<\/p>\n

Funding: Fondation de France New Patrons Programme, Hospital Complex, Toulouse.<\/p>\n\n\t\t