Itinerant microarchitectures such as tents, big tops and shade cloths are ancestral, ephemeral textile devices conducive to gathering and exchange. Today, these spaces for sharing are important in a world where public space is a fertile ground for questioning existing paradigms. They invite us to imagine new worlds, new scenarios in which collaboration, mutual aid and living together are the fundamental pillars. These flexible and temporary spaces are activated by the bodies and needs of those who inhabit them.

Rayonne is a textile installation somewhere between a tent, a big top and a shade cloth. The fabric used to make it up is entirely reused from the upper part of a retired hot-air balloon. Though it can no longer take to the skies, it is through the stories it tells that we get carried away. 

In addition to providing shelter, this envelope interacts with the wind and light, creating a new experience in the space where it lands. Movements in the wind making the textile breathe, plays between shadow and light through the colorful fabric creating magical atmospheres. 

Thanks to its carefully thought-out docking system, based on the technical details already present on the upper part of the balloon, this secure device can be adapted to a wide range of locations.
In fact, it requires just four anchor points to adapt to its environ- ment, attaching smoothly to existing elements such as lampposts, metal structures, wall studs or trees.