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Viollet-le-Duc, an inspired vision of restoration
4 December 2024
Viollet-le-Duc, an inspired vision of restoration
4 December 2024
Discover the tour Bretagne project
21 November 2024
Discover the tour Bretagne project
21 November 2024
The tour Bretagne transformation project is unveiled today!
Stream Voices: the potential of the night
8 November 2024
Stream Voices: the potential of the night
8 November 2024
Once a sanctuary for dreams and imagination, nighttime has now been relegated to the mere role of a utilitarian prelude to daytime. Nocturnal realms possess an alchemical power capable of transfiguring our perceptions. However, when viewed through the lens of urban uses, the night also exacerbates inequalities and raises questions about the possibility of achieving an urban night that is accessible to everyone. Exploring the range of possibilities associated with the night reveals it as a space-time where complex interactions are woven that could be revitalized through a chronotopic and inclusive architecture. A new Stream Voices article to discover now!
Architecture is a political practice
31 October 2024
Architecture is a political practice
31 October 2024
The city, obscure object of desire
28 October 2024
The city, obscure object of desire
28 October 2024
The new conference cycle has started! Together, the speakers propose to decipher what the new desires of the city are today, through the issues of sustainability, public health, mobility, cultural activities and inclusiveness. As city practitioners, we need to understand how to address these issues at a time of global urban restructuring. At a time when epidemics, wars, riots and climatic and environmental crises are rekindling urban fears, the question of the desirability of cities is hotter than ever. Successive confinements have changed our relationship with urban space, fuelling resentment and doubts about the quality of life in metropolises. While numerous studies in France have shown that there is no urban exodus, the emergence of a contemporary discourse of mistrust towards large cities is justified by the threats – real or imagined – that they embody: density, promiscuity, insalubrity… coupled with new challenges. Internationally, the financial and technological centres of New York and San Francisco are being depopulated by gentrification and the democratisation of teleworking, while Airbnb and overtourism are robbing Barcelona and Florence of their authenticity and liveliness.Conversely, in Paris, the influence of the Olympic and Paralympic Games could boost the capital’s urban appeal. So how do we explain what attracts people to a city and what irritates them to the point of disliking it. find out more about the full program:
Stream Voices: architecture is political
20 October 2024
Stream Voices: architecture is political
20 October 2024
For the past three years, PCA-STREAM has published STREAM VOICES, an open-source research and innovation media that explores the metabolic city. In this issue, we explore new imaginaries with Manuel Bello Marcano and discover how to train citizen architects with Andrew Freear.
Micro lives and giga solutions
18 October 2024
Micro lives and giga solutions
18 October 2024
emlyon campus longlisted for the Archello Awards 2024
11 October 2024
emlyon campus longlisted for the Archello Awards 2024
11 October 2024
The emylon campus is one of the projects selected for the Archello Awards 2024 in the “University building of the year” category!
Beautiful like an encounter on the glass roof of colored clouds
7 October 2024
For Daniel Buren, architecture is an open-air studio. In an exclusive interview with architect Philippe Chiambaretta, he talks about his site-specific work, where art and architecture meet, just like the Nuages Colorés that cover the scales of the 175 Haussmann glass roof.
Stream Voices: Daniel Buren and Philippe Chiambaretta, when art meets architecture
6 October 2024
For the past three years, PCA-STREAM has been publishing STREAM VOICES, an open-source media for research and innovation exploring the metabolic city. In this issue, art and architecture meet through exchanges between Daniel Buren and Philippe Chiambaretta. We then follow in the footsteps of the architect Viollet-le-Duc.
Seminar: “A sustainable, desirable and inclusive historic axis?”
4 October 2024
The seminar “A sustainable, desirable and inclusive historic axis?” was organized as part of the Ville Métabolisme Chair, initiated by PCA-STREAM and supported by PSL University. The seminar presented the working methods and tools developed by PCA-STREAM to re-enchant the city. It provided an insight into the extent of the data available in the area, and opened the way for collective reflection on the application of the “metabolic city” methodology on a regional scale.
Stream Voices: microscopic imaginaries and the place of air in architecture
30 September 2024
For the past three years, PCA-STREAM has been publishing STREAM VOICES, an open-source research and innovation media that explores the metabolic city. In this issue, we explore microscopic imaginaries and analyze the place of air in architecture.
Recycling urine to fertilize the soil
16 September 2024
Recycling urine to fertilize the soil
16 September 2024
2024 kick off seminar of the city-metabolism chair
10 September 2024
2024 kick off seminar of the city-metabolism chair
10 September 2024
The 2024 back-to-school seminar of the city-metabolism chair, initiated by PCA-STREAM and supported by PSL University, took place at the heart of one of its case studies, the city of Saint-Dizier. The program included exchanges with elected officials, workshops and urban explorations, to connect the energies of research and the city of Saint-Dizier, a territory with unique challenges.