Formes / Figures exhibition

Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris

For the exhibition "Formes / Figures", sculptures by Therese Chotteau were shown in the library of Institut Henri Poincaré, specialized in the history of mathematics. The library manager, Mme Hélène Nocton wish a new planning of the place, so as to enhance the exhibition and clarify the everyday uage of the library.


Bibliothèque de l'Institut Henri Poincaré, état existant mars 1996.

The intervention was thus minimal, since it involved no worthy material spending and only concerned the layout of the furniture.


Layout proposal,  april 1996.

The parti was to create a clear and luminous axis, a rudimentary "interior street", with an effect of false perspective which dynamise the perception of space.


The library during the exhibition Formes / Figures, june 1996.

To the exhibition was included a presentation of the Fractal House for which Therese Chotteau had designed two capitals reliefs on the theme of geometry.

Practical information :

Location : Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris 5ème, May 24 - july 13, 1996.

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