« MAINTENIR BÂTIR » Study Days
Long overlooked within the field of architecture, maintenance activities now appear to be taking on new significance. The accelerating climate crisis and growing awareness of the construction sector’s significant contribution to it are gradually shifting the focus of architecture towards existing buildings, making it essential to work with them. From routine maintenance to rehabilitation, the age-old art of ‘making structures — and materials — last’ is regaining prestige and, above all, ecological, economic, aesthetic and political relevance.
Conceived as a follow-up to the seminar ‘MAINTAINING. Architecture and Maintenance,’ these international and interdisciplinary study days provide an opportunity to examine in detail the role of maintenance in the life of the built environment, to challenge the apparent rigidity of the separation between design and maintenance, and to revisit the sometimes long-standing presence of maintenance in architecture, in both theory and in educational practice.
Featuring, in order of appearance, presentations by:
S. Le Garrec, M. Serre, P. Landauer, P. Dufour, P. Lefebvre, J. Souviron, Sarah Nichols, B. Gaussuin, M-J. Dumont, T. Abenia, R. Calzado Lopez, M. Darrieus, A. Wilson.
And posters of the current theses by:
S. Amighetti, P. Dubois, L. I. Ehrler, E. Floret and M. S. Kocyigit.
Organizing Committee: Jérôme Denis, Melis Selin Kocyigit and Sonia Samadi
Monday, July 6, from 1:45 pm to 6:00 pm – Tuesday, July 7, from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm
The event will be held in French.
Registration is free and required