Architecture à Emporter by Marion Mailaender

An aritst book by designer and interior architect Marion Mailaender.

With "Architecture à Emporter", Mailaender inaugurates a new collection dedicated to design in all its forms―architecture, objects, and fashion―as well as DIY and open-source practices. This first volume explores architecture as a work in progress and celebrates the aesthetics of the unfinished. The project highlights the construction phases that shape space, serving as a reminder that the work is never truly complete. Here, the unfinished becomes an invitation to see architecture not as a fixed object, but as an art form in perpetual motion. By repurposing simple materials ― quick to assemble, low-cost, and usually hidden from view ― to create functional objects, the artist questions contemporary practices that too often favour demolition over transformation. The light fixtures in this series―made of plasterboard (BA13), galvanised rails, drywall screws, switches, energy-saving spotlights, and a simple box cutter―embody this approach: turning the ordinary into a space for invention and the building site into a work in progress. The plans for the four proposed models serve as starting points to be reinterpreted. This open, accessible approach invites everyone to imagine new forms and uses ― an architecture to go, but above all, to reinvent.

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Title: Architecture à Emporter
Artist: Marion Mailaender
Publisher: RVB Books, 2025
Format: Softcover, staple-bound
Size: 170 × 240 mm
Pages: 24
Language: French/English
Edition: First edition
ISBN: 978-2-492175-60-2
Price: ¥3,850