This unusual tower on the banks of the Loire is in fact a work of art signed by a Japanese contemporary artist. Located close to the Cordemais coal power plant, Tatzu Nishi has installed a kind of lighthouse house.

A contemporary Artist

Tatzu Nishi is a Japanese artist who was born in 1960 in Nagoya. A contemporary artist who shared his life for a long time between Berlin and Tokyo. He is known for mixing with malice and subtlety a kind of utopian vision. For example, here in Cordemais he immediately grasped the pictorial power of the coal-fired power station. He diverted the codes to make something more soothing and comforting. Moreover, most of his works of art, whether permanent or temporary, are habitable. A way to leave no distance between the visitor and the work.

This chimney villa is a kind of response to the gigantism of the nearby Cordemais power plant.

The Chimney Villa a LandArt near the Loire River

The Japanese artist Tatzu Nishi has installed a small house on a huge cylinder painted in Red and White. This enormous tube is fifteen meters high. It is a kind of metaphor that plays on the codes of the nearby industrial chimneys. But it also reminds us of the color code of the lighthouses and the beacons that can be found along the coast. Villa chimney or lighthouse house, it is up to the visitor to decide.

If the confusion is present, it is mainly because this work of art is located right next to the Loire River and sees dozens of cargo ships passing by every week.

The “Villa Cheminée” is certainly a work of contemporary art. But it is also an unusual place to be available for rent to spend an unforgettable night.

All the information about the Villa Cheminée

To book a night you can contact the official tourism board of Nantes city. Available by Phone : +33 8 92 46 40 44 – or by email info @ nantes – tourisme . c o m

If you just want to visit this unusual place you can go there only on Sundays from 14 o’clock to 18 o’clock.

Address : Lieu-dit le grand quartier, 44260 Cordemais.