Film and debate
THE BIRTH OF THE SALÈVE CABLE CAR
At the roots of a groundbreaking project, 1930-1932
12 December | 18:30–20:00 | Fondation Braillard Architectes
The Fondation Braillard Architectes and its director are pleased to invite you to the end-of-year film and debate evening, with an advance screening of a short film on the Salève Cable Car, whose rehabilitation was recently honoured in France with the Équerre d’Argent 2024.
Entitled “At the roots of a groundbreaking project: the birth of Maurice Braillard’s Salève Cable Car (1930-1932)”, this documentary invites you to (re)discover the origins of the project and to delve into the many archival sources – sketches, technical drawings, photographs, press reviews – of this interwar technical and architectural challenge. Produced by the Fondation Braillard Architectes under the direction of Panos Mantziaras and narrated by the Foundation’s historian Paul Marti, the film was made by Léman Bleu Télévisions with the support of the Fondation pour le patrimoine bâti genevois.
Taking part in the discussion:
- Philippe Meier, architect, former co-president of the Fondation pour le patrimoine bâti genevois
- Claire Delaloye Morgado, art historian, vice-president of the Fondation pour le patrimoine Genevois, Patrimoine Suisse
- Yvan Delemontey, architect, Office du patrimoine et des sites (DT)
- Paul Marti, architectural historian, Fondation Braillard Architectes
Moderator:
- Panos Mantziaras, Director, Fondation Braillard Architectes
Programme
18:00 Welcome
18:30 Introduction and screening
19:00 Discussion
19:30 Drinks reception
Free admission, registration required
