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, […]
Eranos Conference 2022

Programme and registration for the Eranos Foundation lecture series in Ascona.
Bernardo Secchi Days 2022

Programme of the 6th Bernardo Secchi Days
Salève Cable Car – Renovation Works Get Under Way

On 3 June 2022, a ceremony marked the start of the renovation works. A look back at what is at stake in this work, which will continue until next spring.
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 […]
CALL FOR PROJECTS | Transition Seeds 2023

The Transition Seeds lecture series is back for the third year: the Braillard Architects Foundation is launching an open call for diploma projects in architecture, landscape and urban planning whose philosophy, strategy and design proposals are in line with its culture and research programme The Eco-Century Project (ECP). We are looking for young graduates who […]
Urban cycles, life cycles | Transition Seeds 2022

Final lecture of the 2022 series, we look forward to seeing you there!
From Metropolitan Influence to Local Dynamics | Transition Seeds 2022

4th lecture in the TS22 series, which invites young architects to present their diploma projects.
Bernardo Secchi Day 2022: CALL FOR PROJECTS

Call to contributions for the 6th Bernardo Secchi Days
TW22 à la carte

Build your own path among the Theory Masterclass webinars!
How to draw an ecological line? | Geneva Debate 2022

The 2022 Geneva Debate invites experts from the Transition Workshop
Inhabiting emergency sustainably | Transition Seeds 2022

3rd Transition Seeds lecture
The caring metropolis | Transition Seeds 2022

2nd lecture of the 2022 series
Towards a new conception of the territorial project | Transition Seeds 2022

First lecture of the new 2022 series!
Transition Seeds 2022

Programme of the 2022 lecture series
Transition Workshop 2022 | Applications

Applications open!
Transition Workshop 2022 | Candidatures

Formation théorique et pratique à la transition écologique des villes
Geneva Seminar 2021

Watch the video of the presentations of the Transition Workshop and Luxembourg in Transition teams.
Transition Seeds | The videos

Watch the five lectures from the first edition of Transition Seeds
Seven forward-looking visions for Grand Genève

Read the online publication on the work of the 7 teams of the Grand Genève Consultation.
TW 2021 | The Masterclass

Watch the videos recorded during the Masterclass with the invited experts!
CALL FOR PROJECTS | Transition Seeds season 2

Call for diploma projects for the 2021-2022 season
Reuse of building components // Mapping the transition

Final session of the Transition Seeds series, with 2 speakers and a closing debate.
METROPOLITAN FORMS AND CONSTELLATIONS

Designing the Grand Genève of the transition remains, ultimately, an eminently creative mission: a material translation, into landscapes, neighbourhoods and buildings, of our collective hope for a new habitability of the Earth. Speakers Milica TOPALOVIC Architect, urban planner, Associate Professor at ETHZ D-ARCH Stefano BOERI Architect, president of the Triennale di Milano Lectures followed […]
MARGINAL TERRITORY, REGIONAL STRENGTH

3rd lecture in the Transition Seeds 2021 series
Designing the Transition of Grand Genève | Shared Resources

Shared Resources How can we turn our inhabited territories into active carbon sinks and havens of biodiversity while maintaining their social appeal? How can we make our cities resilient to the harmful effects of climate change while benefiting from their cultural and heritage wealth? Together, of course, through forms of solidarity, exchange and the pooling […]
What post-industrial future?

2nd lecture in the Transition Seeds 2021 series
Designing the Transition of Grand Genève | Networks and Energy

2nd lecture in the series devoted to Grand Genève, with the Consultation teams.
Transition Workshop 2021

Information and applications for the transition workshop to be held in Geneva, online from 1.06.21 to 9.7.21 and in person from 12.7.21 to 23.7.21.
The Sustainable City – Seven Visions for Grand Genève

Documentary on the Grand Genève Consultation, Tuesday 2 February 2021 at 19:30 on Léman Bleu.