Marion Moustey et Ewerton Alves

Marion Moustey is a state-qualified architect (ENSA Montpellier, France) and founder of Atelier MM (Paris, France). After more than ten years working within international architecture practices, she has developed a cross-disciplinary practice situated at the intersection of interior architecture, scenography, and narrative. Her background has led her to oversee cultural and editorial strategies, to structure project narratives, and to support exhibition installations at various scales. For Marion, architecture must be conceived as a sensitive medium, attentive to territory and available resources. Her approach favours sober, anchored installations, where local materials become a driving force of design and spaces have the capacity to generate meaning.

Ewerton Alves is an architect qualified from Universidade Católica (Brasília, Brazil). Trained within international practices in Brazil and subsequently in France, he develops a rigorous approach to architectural design and interior architecture. His experience on public and private projects enables him to intervene at different phases, from sketch to technical development. He pays particular attention to materiality, constructive detail, and spatial precision, directing the rigorous translation of conceptual intentions into drawing and realisation.

The collaboration between Marion and Ewerton rests on structured complementarity: the articulation between narrative and construction, between cultural vision and technical requirement. Together, they design spaces as lived experiences, where territory, material, and use engage in dialogue with precision.

Le Bureau du poète
The Poet’s Desk is a retreat conceived from the resources of the Mediterranean territory. The project brings together a deliberately limited number of elements: a desk, a chair, a cushion, a rug, a curtain, and textile hangings. Each piece helps shape an interior landscape where materiality, light, and time become the protagonists. The desk, made from limestone sourced from the Pont du Gard and reclaimed oak, forms the anchor of the project. Beside it, a chestnut wood chair asserts a simple and essential presence. It is accompanied by a cushion woven from Merino wool and horsehair, whose dense texture encourages an attentive relationship to both object and material.On the floor, a circular rug woven from dried lavender using traditional basketry techniques gently diffuses its fragrance throughout the space. An aubergine-made curtain accompanies the changing light and introduces chromatic depth into the room. In the background, linen hangings naturally dyed with olive leaves and weld create a textile landscape infused with the colors of the territory.

The project explores an architecture of “making with”: making with the ground, with plants, with craftsmanship, and with locally available resources. Materials are minimally transformed in order to preserve the legibility of their origin and life cycle. Stone, wood, linen, wool, horsehair, and lavender are assembled with restraint to create an environment in which each element finds its rightful place.Time is considered a material in its own right. The leaves used for dyeing, the lavender, the linen, and the wood continue to evolve after installation. Colors gradually shift, fragrances fade, fibers relax, and surfaces bear the marks of aging. The space thus becomes a witness to a natural cycle that extends far beyond its completion.Through this economy of means, The Poet’s Desk questions the material conditions of writing, reflection, and creation. More than a workspace, it proposes a place of attention where architecture becomes a setting for contemplation and a means of connecting with the Mediterranean landscape. The Poet’s Desk is not intended to produce more, but to create the conditions

WITH THE SUPPORT OF:
ALLIANCE DU LIN ET DU CHANVRE EUROPÉENS
MERCADIER - TEINTES & MATIÈRES
BOB CARRELAGE
LA PIERRE DU PONT DU GARD AUTHENTIQUE SA
GREEN’ING INGRÉDIENTS NATURELS & SERVICES
FRANC 1884
PHYLACTÈRE-CAPILLAIRE
ATELIER CHATERSÉN
ADÈLE COLLECTIONS / PRECIOUS PEELS - LOUMI LE FLOC’H