Franklin Azzi collaborates with the Aurige group to create Le Saint

The architect Franklin Azzi created his first artwork with LE SAINT, a light installation in reference to the spirituality of the villa L'Ange Volant and its creator Gio Ponti. Intended to be suspended in the trees, the neon and steel ring will float, as if by miracle, above the entrance courtyard, defying the laws of gravity.

The LE SAINT light installation displays a technical process that is complex, as much in its design phases as in its installation on site. Franklin Azzi relies on craft skills of the highest quality. Compagnons de France, craftsmen and engineers are involved throughout the various stages of creation. The ring, made by artist metalworkers Dunod Mallier, is composed of a steel alloy in crafted metal – the perfect marriage between resistance and lightness. Its innovation resides at once in the bespoke fabrication, selection of materials, attention to detail, meticulous assembly, choice of accessories, patinas and finishes. Craftsmen glass blowers Vito Enseignes make the filiform neon tubes (four segments of 14mm in diameter), subtly inserted into the metal band. C&E Ingénierie will analyse the distribution of forces, the distances and the tension necessary to define the anchorage points of the cables in order to allow the structure to be installed at a height of three meters among the trees. Particular care is given to the ring’s horizontality and stability. Finally, the piece will be installed by abseilers from Hévéa. 

LE SAINT, art installation, is a product of Franklin Azzi’s drive to ally art and craft, beauty and material.