Composing from the soil of cities | Transition Seeds 2024

Composing from city soil The ground with its subsoil is not an inert base for our constructions. On the contrary, it is alive and interacts as much with the atmosphere as with the “parental material” of the Earth. Recognized in its substance and in the static, biological and ecological risks that its incorrect use can […]

Transition Seeds 2024 | Call for projects

Architectural, urban and landscape projects for the design of the ecological transition. Participate in the Fondation Braillard Architectes’ call for diploma works and first professional experiences!   The Transition Seeds lecture series is back for the fourth consecutive year: the Fondation Braillard Architectes is launching its annual call for diploma works and first professional experiences […]

Exhibition “Le Téléphérique”

“Téléphérique” Exhibition and sound installations From 11 May to 19 August 2023 Opening on 11 May 2023 at 6.30pm Ecomusée de l’API 25 rue du Vuache, 1201 Geneva + info Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, 10am–6pm or by appointment The Braillard Architects Foundation is associated with this exhibition, which approaches the cable car from a […]

Pole position for the Theory Masterclass!

While waiting, here is some bibliography on the subject of ecological transition. On our side, we’ll do our best to welcome you, whether remotely or in person at the Foundation! Registration for the Theory Masterclass remains open, and courses are also available à-la-carte.

Séminaire de Genève 2022

Revoir la journée de séminaire sur le Transition Workshop 22, les territoires en transition et l’anniversaire de la FBA.

The towers of Maurice Braillard and the future of Geneva

The Braillard Architects Foundation organised a screening of the documentary “Verticales Urbaines”, devoted to the visionary projects of Maurice Braillard, followed by a debate re-examining forms and densities through the prism of the ecological transition for the future of Geneva.   With Philippe MEIER Architect, Meier+associés architectes, Geneva; lecturer at HEPIA Mathias STOCKER Boltshauser Architekten, […]

Maurice Braillard – Verticales Urbaines (the film)

MAURICE BRAILLARD – VERTICALES URBAINES Directed by: Aurélie Doutre Narration: Paul Marti, historian Production: Braillard Architects Foundation The European Heritage Days in 2020 gave rise to an original initiative: the presentation, on the premises of the Braillard Architects Foundation, of an exhibition dedicated to the unbuilt towers of Maurice Braillard. Today, the Foundation has the […]