A monumental bouquet by Uchronia blooms at the Grand Palais

Julien Sebban, founder of the Uchronia universe, how did this installation come to life?
Discovering the Rotonde d’Antin at the Grand Palais, one thing became clear: to create a work that would not merely fit into this space but would emerge from it. Le Grand Bouquet was born from this intuition. A monumental flower blooms there, drawing its lines and curves from the surroundings.

How did architecture guide your creation?
From close observation: mosaic floors, floral motifs, vegetal mouldings, and the circular geometry of the rotunda. The installation reinterprets this ornamental language, gently transforming it into a contemporary expression.

Uchronia’s signature: colour and monumentality?
Colour acts as an immediate emotion, it draws people in and softens perception. In the Grand Palais, it becomes a subtle counterpoint to the architecture. Monumentality, meanwhile, opens the experience.

The inflatable structure on the forecourt extends the experience before entry. A manifesto?
A threshold into another world, playful, unexpected, and slightly off-axis. It invites curiosity and a shift in perspective before entering the monument.

Blurring boundaries between architecture, design, scenography and art.
Each project forms a single narrative where space, objects, light, and colour intertwine. Le Grand Bouquet is installation, scenography, and temporary architecture, a way of reimagining heritage through experience.

Paris Design Week and craftsmanship?
At Uchronia, innovation reveals craft. For this project, we collaborated with Atelier François Pouenat, Chromatic and PPG, Tréca Paris, Prelle, Tiptoe, Fenix, and Material Bank, each contributing to a layered, immersive experience.

What do you hope visitors feel?
A sense of wonder, the desire to look up, slow down, and rediscover the Grand Palais.

An Uchronia experience that continues into the Grand Palais concept store, where a series of distinctive objects has been designed.