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EXPANDING THE URBAN HORIZONS

Our research activity seeks to foster innovation and solve complex challenges through collective intelligence, dialogue, and iteration between disciplines.

STREAM LAB With a multi-disciplinary research team, the Stream Lab works to gather and disseminate new methods and new collective narratives; to encourage urban innovation through art-science dialogue; and to open up the field of possibilities in the face of major planetary crises.

STREAM CENTER Located at the heart of the office, the Stream Center is a meeting hub for a community of urban experts, hosting public conferences, screenings, debates, and community gatherings. The SIC is where arts, science and society cross-pollinate to create new knowledge, methods, and stories for the sustainable city.

THE CITY-METABOLISM CHAIR Since 2023, PCA-STREAM has initiated the first interdisciplinary research chair on the city-metabolism, run by the University of Paris Sciences & Lettres. It explores the potential of interdisciplinary collaborations to overcome the challenges of building future urban worlds.

OUR RESEARCH TOPICS

We investigate an ever-changing urban realm. The STREAM Lab undertakes in-house research & development projects to explore six key urban matters of our era, shared and disseminated by our in-house learning and training center, the Stream Center.

Architectural transition

This theme explores the sustainability issues raised by the Anthropocene at the scale of buildings and urban environments, in all their material aspects, from design and construction to the uses to which they are put.

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Living systems

The term "living systems" implies a relationship and feedback loops between an individual and these systems. This theme covers research on biodiversity and nature-based solutions.

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New uses

The "new uses" refer to contemporary societal evolutions: platform economy, work atomization, family recomposition, new mobility, technology and work, new consumer patterns... They are embodied in new programmatic standards (shared spaces, concierges, co-living, co-working, etc.).

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New imaginaries

This theme raises the question of the new forms of narrative driving the emergence of a new post-anthropocene aesthetic, moving towards more inclusive models of our relation to the environment.

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Data & Design Technology

This theme explores new tools, methods, and technologies for project design. It also deals with the use and understanding of mass data, whether through the identification of data sources or their use via artificial intelligence algorithms.