For Danone's Convergence headquarters in Rueil-Malmaison, SAKE STC brought urban art into the heart of the architectural project with a monumental three-metre sculpture.

In 2021, NextStreet Gallery collaborated with French artist SAKE STC on an artistic project for Convergence, Danone's headquarters in Rueil-Malmaison, just outside Paris.

At the centre of the project stands Atlas, a three-metre-high sculpture created in resin, fiberglass and stainless steel. Installed in the building's central outdoor space, the work brings SAKE STC's distinctive visual language into dialogue with the contemporary architecture surrounding it.

Atlas is part of the artist's Statue Art Crime project, in which references to classical sculpture meet the codes and energy of graffiti and urban art. By bringing these different visual traditions together, SAKE STC transforms the monumental language of classical statuary through a contemporary street-art perspective.

Art at the Heart of Convergence

Designed by ORY.architecture, Convergence was completed in 2020 after more than two years of construction. The complex extends across approximately 25,000 square metres and was conceived around an open, landscaped central patio. At the time of its completion, it was presented as Danone's largest headquarters worldwide.

Art formed part of the project from the outset. Alongside Atlas, the development also incorporated interventions by local graffiti artists, bringing contemporary artistic practices into the everyday environment of the workplace.

For NextStreet Gallery, the project reflects a broader dialogue between urban art, sculpture and architecture, taking SAKE STC's work beyond the traditional exhibition space and placing it directly within a large-scale architectural setting.