Marrakech expressed: turning an old farm into a light-filled home
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- 07 Feb 2023
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When French fashion art director Julien Tang met photographer and model Cyrielle Rigot in Paris, she was “longing for new air and far-flung adventures”. “Marrakech awaited us,” says Julien. Shortly afterwards, in 2014, the couple transformed a 16th-century townhouse in Marrakech’s medina into Riad Jardin Secret, an hôtel particulier. Once home to Yves Saint Laurent, who entertained his young lovers there, the house conjures up a 1970s Hideous Kinky design appeal.
Today, the couple also run an interior design studio specialising in a crafted, authentic aesthetic with a contemporary twist in their family home, a former chicken farm 25km outside Marrakech.
Like all their creative projects, transforming the poultry farm was a joint effort. “Since our first collaboration, all our projects have been drawn with four hands,” says Cyrielle. “Julien and I share everything and do everything together.” They think alike, too. “When we arrived, a donkey lived here, all alone, and we both knew how much a donkey needs company.” They went straight to the local donkey market and bought a female companion, since christened Kawa by their young son, Nino. The donkeys share their home with two dogs and a cat. Read More…
