The ground of cities, resource and project

Book resulting from the Bernardo Secchi day 2015
22 September 2015, 09:00 - 19:30   —  
The Eco-Century Project®
— Study days

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PROGRAMME

 

Introduction

 

  • URBAN SOIL: AN INERT SURFACE OR A LIVING RESOURCE?
    Elena HAVLICEK, Pedologist – Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communication, Federal Office of Environment, Department of Substances, Soil and Biotechnology
  • THE GROUND IN THE HORIZONTAL METROPOLIS
    Paola VIGANÒ, Architect – professor Laboratory of Urbanism, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

 

Session 1: the project of soil

 

  • “CREATING HERITAGE” THROUGH THE GROUND: SIX CONCEPTUAL AND OPERATIONAL CATEGORIES FOR LAUSANNE
    Pascal AMPHOUX, Architect – professor, National School of Architecture of Nantes – researcher at the CRESSON laboratory (CNRS/MCC/ECN n°1563 Ambiances, architectures, urbanités)
  • THE FIGURES OF THE METROPOLIS-VILLAGE(S) OF OUAGADOUGOU: BETWEEN READING AND WRITING
    Halimatou MAMA AWAL, Architect – doctor – researcher, The Careers in the history of Architecture, building, cities, territory (MHA-evt) – Teacher, National School of Architecture of Grenoble
  • NATURAL MEMORY, URBAN STRATIGRAPHY, REACTIVATION THROUGH USE: THE FUTURE OF FORGOTTEN SPACES IN DOWNTOWN VALENCIA
    Adrián TORRES, Architect-doctoral student, National School of Art of the Agglomeration of Annecy
    Nicolas TIXIER, Architect – professor, National School of Architecture, Grenoble – National School of Art of the Agglomeration of Annecy, researcher, Cresson laboratory (UMR CNRS / MCC / ECN n°1563 Ambiances, architectures, urbanités)

 

Session 2: urban soil archeology

 

  • URBAN SOIL ARCHEOLOGY
    Pierre PINON, Honorary professeur, National School of Architecture Paris-Belleville –
    researcher, laboratory IPRAUS (UMR MCC / CNRS n° 3329 AUSSER)
  • THE SOIL OF THE CITIES, THE SOIL OF THE ROADS: THE BIRTH OF ROME CAPITAL THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY
    Jean-Philippe GARRIC, Architect, architecture historian – professor, University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne
  • PAVER, STONE, CEMENT: FLOORING METAMORPHOSES IN GENEVA
    David RIPOLL, Art historian – scientific assistant at the Conservation of the architectural heritage of the city of Geneva – research officer, Inventory of monuments of art and history of Geneva – teaching assistant at the University of Neuchâtel

 

Session 3: the culture of urban soil

 

  • SOIL CULTURE (EDAPHON) IN GERMAN ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING DURING THE PERIOD OF REFORM
    David H. HANEY, Architect – doctor – director of the Centre for Research in European Architecture (CREAte), Canterbury – educator, University of Kent School of Architecture
  • THE FAMILY HEALTH CLUB HOUSING SOCIETY AND URBAN AGRICULTURE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN THE MID-20TH CENTURY
    Sophie GREENWAY, Doctoral student, Centre for the History of Medicine, University of Warwick
  • REVIVING URBAN SOILS: “INTRAVENTIONS” TO CONCEIVE A HYBRID OBJECT
    Germain MEULEMANS, Doctoral student in anthropology – University of Aberdeen and University of Liège
    Tibo LABAT, Architect, Coordinator of the HQAC process in Aubervilliers
  • SOIL REVIVAL IN THE CONCEPT OF URBAN LANDSCAPING AFTER 1945
    Axel ZUTZ, Engineer town planner, garden and landscaping historian, doctoral student at the Institute of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, Technical University, Berlin

 

Session 4: the urban soil, history and philosophy

 

  • FROM MARLING TO SWEEPING: THOUGHTS ON THE FLOOR OF THE COWS
    Sébastien MAROT, Philosopher, professor at the School of Architecture, City and Territory, Marne-la-Vallée, University of Paris-Est
  • THE SOIL OF THE HORIZONTAL METROPOLIS: THE INTERSCALAR HISTORY OF THE SOIL FROM RUSSIAN CHERNOZEM TO THE VALLEY SECTION
    Marine DURAND, Architect – doctoral student, Laboratory of Urbanism, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
  • HENRI PROST AND THE ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT OF THE URBAN SOIL (1910-1959)
    Laurent HODEBERT, Architect-urban planner – doctoral student at the ENSA Grenoble – assistant professor at the ENSA Marseille – teacher-researcher at the INAMA laboratory
  • THE PROJECT OF SOIL AND OUTDOOR SPACE (LO SPAZIO FRA LE COSE): NEW THOUGHT AND NEW LANGUAGE FOR CONTEMPORARY URBANISM
    Monica BIANCHETTIN DEL GRANO, Architect, doctor in urban planning