To evoke the intimate feeling of an alpine lodge in the heart of LA, a white oak forest from Pennsylvania is “re-purposed” to produce the modular solid timbers for the Chalet’s interior design.
The two storage rooms from LACE are transformed by new materials and spatial articulations for the exhibition of artworks and social gatherings. Blue Venetian plaster walls complement Grotjahn’s painting; while a large opening frames the view of Pierre Huyghe’s Aquarium in the adjacent room, with walls finished with green-color Finland plywood panels to evoke an aquatic ambiance.
In the hallway that connects the two rooms, custom designed liquor cabinets, together with 4 custom fabricated white-oak chandeliers animate the space. The CHALET Hollywood is a modern day Gesamtkunstwerk that attended to both its physical and its ever-changing social composition.