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Braillard, Architects from Father to Son

Braillard, Architects from Father to Son 80 Years of Projects From Wednesday, April 2 to Saturday, September 20, 2025 – L’îlot-S, Annecy   Maurice Braillard (1879-1965) was an architect, urban planner, and politician whose professional activities and commitments left a lasting mark on Geneva. In 1907, he opened his own architectural practice. Two of his […]

Discover the neighborhood chosen for the Design Studio 2025

Theory Masterclass participants have begun exploring the streets of the neighborhood they will be working on during the Design Studio next July. Want to join the adventure? Last spots available! Contact us at transitionworkshop@braillard.ch

The Theory Masterclass 2025 has begun!

During the first session, the 16 participants of the 2025 edition were welcomed with a starter kit including, among other useful tools for note-taking, a thermometer. Why? More info in the second session where we will go to explore the terrain in preparation for the Design Studio!

Last places available

Do you want to follow the full course? Send us your file. Do you prefer to follow the courses à la carte? Go to the Theory Masterclass program! More informations about this year here!

Corps fragiles

Programme de la série de conférences/ateliers avec l’Université de Genève

Info Session #3

Information session open to all to find out about the Transition Workshop before applying

Applications Transition Workshop 2026: Info Session #1

The first Info Session, preceding the application deadline for the 2026 edition, will take place in September! Register for our meeting on Tuesday, September 16, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m., to learn more about the Transition Workshop 2026 program and team. Come ask your questions! Register

End of the Design Studio 2024

The practical part of the Transition Workshop ended after two weeks of visits, meetings and intense work. The four multidisciplinary teams have in fact proposed ecological transition scenarios for a city in Greater Geneva: the 4° city requires us to think of it now as a mosaic of bioclimatic refuges. Let’s imagine Versoix if: Water […]

Applications for Transition Workshop 2025 open soon

We will shortly be announcing the opening of applications for the next Transition Workshop. If you’d like to be informed of the dates of the Theory Masterclass and the new Design Studio website as soon as they are launched, sign up below: Receive information about the Transition Workshop Email Address 

Summary of the 2nd session

If the (de)carbonization of cities and territories has its metrics and costs, what about their resilience in the face of climate change? Following on from last February’s introduction to the challenges of ecological transition, the second session of the TransitionWorkshop 2024 offered participants a cross-section of views on the parameters and dimensions of the issue […]

The first session of the Theory Masterclass is over!

A quick look back at the first 3-day session, during which we welcomed Dominique Bourg, Carmen de Jong, Sylvain Ferretti, Marjolein Visser and Mathis Wackernagel, as well as Martine Rebetez for her first conference in the Transition Workshop, in front of the fifteen highly motivated participants of the Transition Workshop 2024. The last day was […]