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CONTEMPORARY ART

Tadashi Kawamata, Les Nids, A Journey to Nantes, 2019.
Ateliers Puzzle: 3D surveys - Models - Structural engineering - Fabrication - Set-up.
Images 1,6,7 © Martin Argyroglo / LVAN - Image 2 © Tadashi Kawamata - Images 3,4,5 © Ateliers Puzzle.

OUR MISSION

EXPERTISE

Technical management
Technical assistance
Project Management

 

DESIGN AND ENGINEERING STUDIES

On-site surveys - 3D scans - Photogrammetry
2D - 3D CAD
Structural engineering & Design - Calculation Reports
Project execution plans

 

PROJECT EXECUTION / ART FABRICATION

Prototypes - Models
Workshop fabrication
Logistics - Transportation - Lifting
Set-up teams – Hanging

Stephan Balkenhol, Apparitions, A Summer In Le Havre, 2019.
Eva Albarran & Co: Production management.
Ateliers Puzzle: Technical management – Anchoring engineering.
Image 1 © Laurent Bréard / City of Le Havre - Image 2 © Philippe Bréard / City of Le Havre - Image 3,4 © Stephan Balkenhol.

Collectif MIT, Inquiétable, A Journey to Nantes, 2018.
Ateliers Puzzle: Structural engineering - Set-up.
Images © Ateliers Puzzle.

DESIGN AND ENGINEERING STUDIES & PRODUCTION

ATELIERS PUZZLE provides ENGINEERING AND DESIGN SERVICES for cultural and artistic projects.

 

From primary sketches to execution studies, we assist the creators at each step of their creation: site location, feasibility study, technical elaboration, and production phasing. Our team draws on its understanding of the artistic project and its context to find a reliable and appropriate technical solution.

Each creation is a unique prototype that requires a rigorous analysis of the regulatory framework, the different construction options, the on-site assembly constraints and an awareness of safety and durability issues.

 

ATELIERS PUZZLE also acts as an ART FABRICATOR with a specific construction insurance, which allows us to support our entrusted creation’s full realization.

 

Our team ensures the continuity and consistency of all the stages of the project: on-site surveys, technical design, structural studies and calculations, prototypes, workshop fabrication, transport logistics, set-up teams and site management. The artist and the client then have a single contact, who guarantees the fluidity of exchanges and the quality of the result.

Richard Mosse, Incoming, Le Lieu Unique, 2019.
Ateliers Puzzle: Structure design - Set-up.
Image 1 © David Gallard - Image 2,3 © Aleliers Puzzle

Fabien Mérelle, Jusqu’au bout du Monde, A Summer In Le Havre, 2018 and 2021.
Ateliers Puzzle: Structural engineering - Fabrication - Set-up (2018 resin artwork).
Ateliers Puzzle: Structural engineering - Technical management (2021 bronze artwork).
Eva Albarran & Co: Production management.
Images 1, 3, 4, 5 © Ateliers Puzzle – Image 2 © Fabien Mérelle – Image 7 © Art Casting – Image 8 © Jacques Basile / Ville du Havre – Image 9 © Ville du Havre.

Olafur Eliasson, Ice Watch, Paris Cop21 Artists4Climate, 2015.
Ateliers Puzzle: Technical management - Installation - Lighting.
Images 1, 3, 4 © Martin Argyroglo / Studio Olafur Eliasson - Image 2 © Ateliers Puzzle  .

Erwin Wurm, Narrow House, A Summer In Le Havre, 2019 and 2022.
Eva Albarran & Co: Production management.
Ateliers Puzzle: Technical management.
Images © Ateliers Puzzle.

Collectif La Briche, Entrance arch, Pick-Up Production, Transfert, 2018.
Ateliers Puzzle: Structural engineering.
Images 1, 2, 3 © Jérémy Jéhanin - Image 4 © Ateliers Puzzle - Image 5 © Ateliers Puzzle. 

Elsa Tomkowiak, OUT/Albédo 0-34, Métropole Grand Lyon, 2019.
Ateliers Puzzle: Structural engineering - Fabrication - Set-up.
Images © Ateliers Puzzle.

Henrique Oliveira, Sisyphus Casemate, A Summer In Le Havre, 2019.
Eva Albarran & Co: Production management.
Ateliers Puzzle: Technical management.
Images 1,2 © Philippe Bréard / City of Le Havre - Images 3,4,5 © Ateliers Puzzle.

ARTISTS

Elsa Tomkowiak, IN/FADAZMA, Metz, 2020.
Ateliers Puzzle : Structural engineering + Set-up.
Images © Ateliers Puzzle.

Stephan Balkenhol, Monsieur Goéland, A Summer In Le Havre, 2020.
Eva Albarran & Co : Production management.
Ateliers Puzzle : Technical management – Structural engineering.
Image 1 © Philippe Bréard / City of Le Havre – Images 4 , 5 © Ateliers Puzzle – Image 2, 3 © Stephan Balkenhol.

Arthur Gosse "La lune s'est posée au Havre" - Alice Baude "H20=$" - Baptiste Leroux "Shell" - Antoine Dieu "Cabane de plage" - , ESHADHAR student projects, A Summer in le Havre, 2019 to 2022.
Eva Albarran & Co : Production management.
Ateliers Puzzle : Technical management.
Image 1 © Ateliers Puzzle - Images 2,4 © Philippe Bréard / City of Havre - Image 3 © Laurent Lachèvre / City of le Havre

Tadashi Kawamata, Belvédère de l’Hermitage, Nantes metropolis / A Journey to Nantes, 2019.
Ateliers Puzzle: Technical management - Wooden models.
Images 1,5,6 © Martin Argyroglo / LVAN - Image 2 © Tadashi Kawamata - Image 3 © Romain Dumazer - Image 4 © Laurence Perrotin / City of Nantes.

Benedetto Bufalino, La Caravane dans le Ciel, A Summer in Le Havre, 2020.
Eva Albarran & Co : Production management.
Ateliers Puzzle: Conception - Technical management – Structural engineering - Manufacture - Installation.
Images 1, 3, 4 © Jacques Basile – Image 2 © Ateliers Puzzle.

Craig Barnes & Matti Suuronen, Futuro House, A Summer In Le Havre, 2018.
Ateliers Puzzle: Anchoring engineering.
Images © Ateliers Puzzle.

Cave and stereoscop, Regional Museum of Archeology and Wine Champain, City of Epernay, 2020.
Atelier Jours: Landscape design
Ateliers Puzzle: Engineering design, set-up coordination
Images © Ateliers Puzzle

Fabien Mérelle, À L’origine, A Summer in Le Havre, 2020.
Eva Albarran & Co : Production management.
Ateliers Puzzle: Technical management - Anchoring engineering.
Image 1 © Philippe Bréard / City of le Havre – Images 2, 3 © Ateliers Puzzle.

Hehe, Crystal Cave, regional natural park of Monts d’Ardèche, Artistic course« LE PARTAGE DES EAUX », Saint Laurent-Les-Bains, 2021
Ateliers Puzzle: Technical and production management
Images © Ateliers Puzzle 

 

Elsa Tomkowiak, OTTO II, Sucé-sur-Erdre, 2021.
Ateliers Puzzle: Technical management + set up coordination.
Image 1 © Capucine Priser - Image 2 © Ateliers Puzzle - Image 3 © NRgie service

A Summer in le Havre, editions 2021, 2020, 2019.
Eva Albarran & Co: Production management.
Ateliers Puzzle: Technical management.
Images © GIP Un Été au Havre.

Chiki, Fata Morgana, A Summer In Le Havre, 2021.

Eva Albarran & Co: Production management.

Ateliers Puzzle: Design - Structural engineering - Manufacturing - Installation.

Image 1 ©Arnaud Tinel - Images 2, 3, 4, 5 © Ateliers Puzzle.

Grand Paris Express, Project management for 5 works in 5 stations of the future Parisian metro network.

Project owner: Société du Grand Paris

Artistic and cultural director: José-Manuel Gonçalvès

Artistic coordination: Le Centquatre-Paris

Delegated production: Eva Albarran & Co

Technical project management : Ateliers Puzzle

Pierre Delavie, Down John & Que Justice soit fête, A Summer In Le Havre, 2021.

Eva Albarran & Co: Production management.

Ateliers Puzzle: Technical management.

Image 1 © Jacques Basile / Ville du Havre – Image 4 © Arnaud Tinel / Ville du Havre – Images 2, 3, 5, 6 © Ateliers Puzzle

Angela Bulloch, Nightsky, Museum of fine arts - Nantes, 2022.

Ateliers Puzzle: Technical management – Structural analysis.

Images © Ateliers Puzzle.

Hehe, Gold Coast, A Summer In Le Havre, 2021.

Eva Albarran & Co: Production direction.

Ateliers Puzzle: Technical management.

Image 1 ©Arnaud Tinel - Images 2, 3 © Ateliers Puzzle.

Patrick Murphy, Home (Sentiment d'appartenance), A Summer In Le Havre, 2021.

Eva Albarran & Co: Production management.

Ateliers Puzzle: Technical management.

Image 1, 5 © Arnaud Tinel - Images 2, 3, 4 © Ateliers Puzzle.

Atelier Van Lieshout, The Whale, A Summer In Le Havre, 2022.
Project carried by the casino of Le Havre (Partouche Group).
Ateliers Puzzle: Technical management.
Image 1 © Pauline Garraud / Hybride Diffusion – Images 2-6 © Ateliers Puzzle.

Fabio Viale, Exhibition at the Villa Maritime, A Summer In Le Havre, 2021.

Eva Albarran & Co: Production management.

Ateliers Puzzle: Technical management.

Images 1, 2, 4, 5 ©Arnaud Tinel - Image 3 © Ateliers Puzzle.

Stéphane Thidet, Bruit rose, Le Grand Café – Saint Nazaire, 2022.

Exhibition from 08/07 to 02/10/2022 at LiFE / Submarine base.

Ateliers Puzzle: Technical management, Engineering, Manufacturing, Installation.

Images 1, 7  © Courtesy Galerie Aline Vidal, Paris © ADAGP, Paris, Marc Domage - Images 2-6 © Ateliers Puzzle.

Klara Kristalova, La sorcière de la Mer, A Summer In Le Havre, 2022.

Eva Albarran & Co: Production direction.

Ateliers Puzzle: Technical management + structural and mechanical engineering.

Images 1-5 © Ateliers Puzzle - Image 6 © Ville du Havre.

Mondes Nouveaux, Technical management for around twenty artistic projects as part of the programme supported by the Ministry of Culture 

Eva Albarran & Co : Production management

Ateliers Puzzle : Technical management 

Image © Ministère de la Culture

Fabien Mérelle, A l’origine (The Elephant), Celebrity Beyond Ship (Celebrity Cruises), 2022.

Peter Millard & Partners Ltd: Artistic production

Martin/Martin Consulting engineers: Structural engineering.

Ateliers Puzzle: Technical management, Manufacturing, Installation.

Images 1 : © Martin/Martin / 2-7 © Ateliers Puzzle

Daniel Buren, "Au détour des routes et des chemins, 7 travaux in situ", Ile d'Arz municipality, Morbihan (France), 2022.

Curator : Joël Benzakin

Ateliers Puzzle : Technical assistance 

Images 1, 3 © Ateliers Puzzle - Image 2 © Daniel Buren.

Izumi Kato, Sans titre, A Summer In Le Havre, 2022.

Eva Albarran & Co: Production direction.

Ateliers Puzzle: Technical management + Structural engineering.

Image 1 © Ville du Havre – Images 2-4 © Ateliers Puzzle.

Anne Houel, Tobrouk, Programme Mondes Nouveaux, Ouistreham Riva-Bella (14), 2022.

Eva Albarran & Co : Production management.

Ateliers Puzzle : Technical management, Engineering

Images 1,5,6,7,8 © Anthony Girardi – Images 2,3,4 © Ateliers Puzzle.

Jan Kopp, après la pluie, City of Rennes, 2022.

Ateliers Puzzle: Technical Management.

Images 1, 5 © Arnaud Loubry / Ville de Rennes – Images 2, 3, 4 © Ateliers Puzzle.

Isabelle Cornaro, Coupes, A Summer In Le Havre, 2023

Eva Albarran & Co: Production management.

Ateliers Puzzle: Technical management and production monitoring 

Images 1,5 © Anne Bettina Brunet - Images 2,4 © Ateliers Puzzle - Image 3 © Studio Isabelle Cornaro

Xavier Veilhan, Kazuyo Sejima, La Samaritaine (Paris), 2021.

Ateliers Puzzle : Anchoring engineering - base conception.

Image 1 © Ateliers Puzzle - Image 2 © Pauline Chevallereau.

Fleur Helluin, Palinopsie, Programme Mondes Nouveaux, A Summer In Le Havre, 2023

Collectif Manœuvre : Design - Production - Installation

Ateliers Puzzle : Anchoring engineering

Images 1,5 © Anne Bettina Brunet / Images 2,3,4 © Ateliers Puzzle

Pablo Valbuena, Modulation, Stream Building, , Covivio / PCA-Stream, Paris, 2022

Eva Albarran & Co: Production management.

Ateliers Puzzle: Technical management

Images © Ateliers Puzzle

Mathieu Lorry-Dupuy, Littéral, Programme Mondes Nouveaux, Marseille (13), Exhibition from 07/06/2023 until 30/09/2024

Mathieu Gonzales : Artistic collaboration

Eva Albarran & Co : Production management 

Ateliers Puzzle : Technical management 

Images 1,4,5 © Samuel Berthet - Images 2,3 © Ateliers Puzzle

Charlotte Charbonnel, Le 3ème Corps, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, 2023

Ateliers Puzzle : Design - Structural engineering - Manufacturing - Installation

Images 1,3,5 © Charlotte Charbonnel - Images 2,4 : © Ateliers Puzzle

Jean Bonichon, Windy Drop, Programme Mondes Nouveaux,2023

Eva Albarran & Co: Production management

Ateliers Puzzle: Technical management

Images 1 - 4 : © Ateliers Puzzle - Image 5 : © Jean Bonichon 

Ron Mueck, Mass, Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain

Fondation Cartier, Paris, june - november 2023 

Triennale Milano, Milan, december 2023 - march 2024

Exhibition curator : Hervé Chandès

Associate curator : Charlie Clarke

Exhibition project manager : Aby Gaye 

Ateliers Puzzle : Lifting and maintenance engineering - Installation

Images 1-5 © Ateliers Puzzle

Mathieu Mercier, Liberté etc, A Summer In Le Havre, 2023

Eva Albarran & Co : Production management

Ateliers Puzzle : Technical management - Design - Production

Images 1-4 : © Ateliers Puzzle / Images 5-6 : © Philippe Bréard

Jan Kopp, Le jardin des mâts, ICADE -Caisse des Dépôts, 2024

Athletes' Village – SCCV Quinconces

Atelier Delta - David Moinard : Artistic direction

Ateliers Puzzle : Technical management - Design - Production

Image 1 : © Sennse-CBadet /  Images 2,3 : © Ateliers Puzzle / Image 4 : ©  Clara Ruestchmann / © Images 5 : Julie Berkovicz / Image 6 : © Fleur Mounier

Elmgreen et Dragset, Wallboy, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, 2023

Ateliers Puzzle : Design - Production / Aluminium frame - Mineral resin

Images : © Ateliers Puzzle

Diagnosis of the state of preservation of works of art in the district La Grande Borne in Grigny (91) for Grand Paris Aménagement (GPA) 

Le Troisième Pôle : Cultural engineering 

Julia Becker : Restorer registred FFCR 

Ateliers Puzzle : Technical assistance 

Images : © Ateliers Puzzle

Max Coulon, No reason to move, A Summer In Le Havre, 2024 

Agence Eva Albarran & Co : Production management

Ateliers Puzzle : Technical management

Image 1-2 : © Ateliers Puzzle - Image 3 : © Laurent Lachevre / A Summer In Le Havre 

Jan Kopp, Le jardin des mâts - playground, ICADE - Caisse des Dépôts, 2024

Athletes' Village – SCCV Quinconces

Atelier Delta - David Moinard : Artistic direction

Ateliers Puzzle : Technical management - Design - Production

Images 1 et 3 : Fleur Mounier /  Images 2 : © Ateliers Puzzle 

Stéphane Vigny, Épi, A Summer In Le Havre, 2024 

Eva Albarran & Co : Production management

Ateliers Puzzle : Technical management

Image 1 : © Philippe Bréard / A Summer In Le Havre - Image 2,4,5 : © Ateliers Puzzle - Image 3 : © Stéphane Vigny 

Stéphane Thidet, Il n’est pas de Nouveau Monde, Programme Mondes Nouveaux, 2023

Exhibition in Villers-Cotterêts (02) from october 2023 to march 2024

Exhibition at the Villa Medici ( Roma) as part of the Festivals des Cabanes from June 2024 to September 2024

Centre des Monuments Nationaux CMN

Ateliers Puzzle : Design - Structural engineering - Manufacturing - Installation

Images : © Ateliers Puzzle

Ingrid Luche, InDOORS, Programme Mondes Nouveaux - route Nos fières allures par le Quadrilatère - Beauvais' art centre, Beauvais (60), 2023-2024 

Max Baron : Metal work

La boîte à outils 44 : Project management 

Agence Eva Albarran & Co : Production management

Ateliers Puzzle : Technical management

Images 1-4 : © Ateliers Puzzle  

Nonotak, Ocean, Haÿ-les-Roses trainstation, Société du Grand Paris Express, 2024

Franklin Azzi : Architect

Eva Albarran & Co : Production management

Ateliers Puzzle : Project management for works of art

Images : © Ateliers Puzzle

Pierrick Sorin, Faire bonne(s) figure(s),  Art Museum of Nantes & A Journey to Nantes, 2024 

Sophie Lévy : curatorial director of the Art Museum of Nantes 

Katell Jaffrès : Scientific curator

 

Ateliers Puzzle : Technical assistance - Scenography 

Images 1 : © Art Museum of Nantes / Image 2-3 : © Ateliers Puzzle 

Edgar Sarin, Pacifique, A Summer In Le Havre, 2024
Eva Albarran & Co : Production management

Ateliers Puzzle : Technical management - Structural engineering 
Image 1 : © Anne Bettina Brunet / A Summer In Le Havre - Images 2-5 : © Ateliers Puzzle 

Artists

Since 2004, Grégoire Cartillier assured artwork's technical direction for :

STEPHAN BALKENHOL MATTHEW BARNEY CÉCILE BART BARREAU ET CHARBONNET BAMBUCO PATRICK BEAULIEU EMMA BIGGS KATINKA BOCK JEAN BONICHON AURÉLIEN BORY LILIAN BOURGEAT CÉLESTE BOURSIER MOUGENOT BENEDETTO BUFALINO ANGELA BULLOCH DANIEL BUREN AYMERIC CAULAY GILLES CLÉMENT CHARLOTTE CHARBONNEL GRÉGORY CHATONSKY ISAAC CORDAL ISABELLE CORNARO JOCELYN  COTTENCIN MAX COULON JEAN-LUC COURCOULT BAPTISTE DEBOMBOURG PIERRE DELAVIE HONORÉ D’O JIMMIE DURHAM OLAFUR ELIASSON LEANDRO ERLICH EVA ET ADÈLE SARAH FAUGUET ET DAVID COUSINARD LEO FOURDRINIER LE GENTIL GARÇON HEHE JEPPE HEIN FLEUR HELLUIN HUANG YONG PING MARK JENKINS ATELIER JOURS ROLF JULIUS IZUMI KATO TADASHI KAWAMATA JAN KOPP KLARA KRISTALOVA ANGE LECCIA CLAUDE LÉVÊQUE MATHIEU LORRY-DUPUY VINCENT MAUGER ANTHONY MCCALL MATHIEU MERCIER FABIEN MÉRELLE AD MINOLITI MOSAERT FRANCOIS MORELET MRZYK ET MORICEAU RON MUECK PATRICK MURPHY IVAN NAVARRO NONOTAK RICHARD MOSSE TATZU NISHI OBSERVATORIUM HENRIQUE OLIVEIRA SUSAN PHILIPSZ ATELIER POLYHEDRE UGO RONDINONE EDGAR SARAIN ALAIN SÉCHAS ROMAN SIGNER PIERRICK SORIN SARAH SZE STÉPHANE THIDET ELSA TOMKOWIAK PABLO VALBUENA ATELIER VAN LIESHOUT AGNÈS VARDA ENRIQUE VARGAS FELICE VARINI XAVIER VEILHAN FABIO VIALE STÉPHANE VIGNY JAMES WEBB AENEAS WILDER ERWIN WURM