Urban planning and biodiversity - Towards a living landscape structuring the urban project, under the direction of Philippe Clergeau - Edition Apogée, 3 June 2020 - 328 Pages Urban planning is at a turning point in its history. The consideration of nature in the city, and particularly of vegetation, is contributing to the development of the urban landscape.
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On the Champs-Élysées, the city was built with infinite progress in mind. Three centuries after their creation, cars, noise, pollution, tourism, globalisation of the commercial offer, neglected gardens are hindering the use of the avenue and its appropriation by Parisians. The exhibition Champs-Élysées, histoire & perspectives, organised at the Pavillon de l'Arsenal until the
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This was the cry from the heart of the deputy mayor of Angers, in charge of the environment and green spaces, during an interview for UP'. 100,000 trees are to be planted in Angers, putting the city at the top of the list of the Green Cities Observatory, which analysed the policy of the city.
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As always, with the technology giants, it starts with a beautiful utopian vision. They promise to change people's lives, but very quickly you realize the perverse and dangerous effects. That's exactly what is happening in Toronto, which wants to transform an entire neighbourhood of its city into a
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From October 25, 2019 to January 26, 2020, discover Amos' world, an original artistic installation that stages the destiny of a community of inhabitants of a large complex. Combining sculptures and videos, this immersive work tells the story of the collapse of modern architectural ideologies and deploys a
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Jakarta, capital of Indonesia. A teeming megalopolis of ten million people. The city could partially disappear, drowned by rising waters. Already today, it's sinking by 25 cm a year and the northern half of the city is now at or just below sea level.
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The Fondation Jacques Rougerie (1) - Génération Espace Mer - Institut de France launches its 2019 International Architecture Competition. On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the creation of the foundation, this edition promises to be exceptional, in resonance with the celebration of the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci and
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Paris is under experiment. The question of urban cooling in the light of the climatic challenges of today and tomorrow is on everyone's mind. And particularly in those of the accelerator of innovative urban projects FAIRE, which is launching three innovative experiments in the capital. Presentations. Since 2017, FAIRE, accelerator
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Since April 2019, the City of Versailles has been renovating 1096 social housing units. The urban art production company Quai 36 is investing in the city of Versailles to make this district a new key location for contemporary artistic creation: from May 2019 to April 2020, nine monumental frescoes will offer
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50°C in Paris. This is what the IPCC scientists predict between now and 2050. Violent, long and repeated heat waves that will inevitably cause extensive human damage. Faced with this risk, which presents itself as an emergency, what can be done? Implement mitigation strategies today
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Building a sustainable future for the Greater Paris expressways is the "New Deal" project, which aims to deploy a strategy that tackles congestion from the limits of the megalopolis to its centre, reversing the current trend whereby the restrictions imposed in the capital
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La Société du Grand Paris annonce les douze lauréats de l’appel à projet Numéri-Scope et la diffusion des six premières œuvres numériques. Sous la forme de courtes vidéos 360°, chacune d’elles est intégrée à une borne de réalité virtuelle Timescope installée au plus proche des chantiers des futures gares du
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The Société du Grand Paris presents the "Horizon 2030" pavilion at the first Biennial of Architecture and Landscape in the Paris Region (Bap!) From May 3 to July 13, 2019 in Versailles, the "Horizon 2030" pavilion will showcase the ambition and projects of the Grand Paris Express in terms of architecture,
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Twelve months after the launch of a major national plan, the energy renovation of buildings seems to be at a standstill, according to the Cler - Network for Energy Transition. In the face of the current climate change, it is urgent that acceleration strategies and concrete responses are implemented, in particular
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JCDecaux lance un grand concours photos national sur le thème « La ville devant nous » Qui n’a jamais rêvé de voir ses photos exposées dans les rues de l’hexagone ? JCDecaux offre à tous les citoyens amoureux de la ville, photographes professionnels ou simples amateurs, l’opportunité exceptionnelle de
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The Ecole Pro du Centre Pompidou and Manifesto launch a training course on Art and the City At a time when art and culture occupy an increasingly important place in the making of the city, the Ecole Pro du Centre Pompidou is approaching Manifesto to launch a two-day course on
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Haute Agora, a study carried out by the architect Jean-Christophe Quinton (1) with engineers from the Bollinger + Grohmann office, proposes an exhibition that explores the potential of large structures to accommodate human activities. The project simultaneously combines and imagines new technical systems that are more virtuous, more economical in terms of materials, and more efficient.
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Artists/Architects tandems: the first works of art for the future Grand Paris Express stations unveiled Building a major collection of public art, architecture and urban innovation on a metropolitan scale is the aim of a major programme to highlight "alliance projects between artists and architects in several dozen of
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The plant, a social project or the delicate art of reconciling town planning and landscape In the relationship of cities to landscape, it is the status of architecture as an object, i.e. independent of the landscape context, that has dominated from the modern movement and still dominates the majority of the
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L’Institut français lance un appel à candidatures pour une résidence d’artistes et de créateurs à la Villa Kujoyama (1), en 2020. Construite en 1992 par l’architecte Kunio Kato sur la montagne d’Higashiyama à Kyoto, la Villa Kujoyama est un lieu d’échanges interdisciplinaires et a pour vocation de renforcer le
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