Following the public success of previous editions of Transition Seeds, the Fondation Braillard Architectes launched, for its 2022 lecture series, an open call for diploma projects in architecture, landscape and urban planning whose philosophy, strategy and design proposals fall within the framework of its cultural and research programme The Eco-Century Project (ECP).
PROGRAMME 2022
■ 20 January
TOWARDS A NEW CONCEPTION OF THE TERRITORIAL PROJECT
A critique of planning through the lens of the territory’s ecosystemic and societal structures
- Marina GARLATTI, Research Coordinator – Scientific Assistant – Architect EPFL – EPFL Lab-U – Laboratory of Urbanism and HRC – Habitat Research Center
- Eliott DUJARDIN, Landscape Architect – Spatial Planner FSU – Atelier Descombes Rampini Architecte and co-founder of the Affluent collective
Discussant
- Frédéric ROSSANO, Landscape Architect DPLG, Dr. sc. ETH Zurich – Senior Lecturer ENSAS
■ 10 February
THE CARING METROPOLIS
Asian and European perspectives on territories in transition
- Dana FREDHOLM, Student on the Advanced Master’s programme in urban and regional planning run by the LOCI faculty at UCLouvain
- Alexis MONTI, Architect, formerly at Matador, an architecture practice based in Brussels. Currently an intern at LAB705 | Architecture, urbanism and territory, also in Brussels.
- Dan NARITA, Architect and urban planner, IUAV University, Venice
Discussant:
- Nadia CASABELLA, engineer-architect
■ 17 March
INHABITING THE EMERGENCY SUSTAINABLY
The time constraints of emergency vs the need for lasting housing
- Kimberlyne NGUYEN, Architect EPF at Boegli Kramp architekten
- Paul WANG, Architect EPF at Clavien & Associés, Scientific Assistant LAPIS, EPFL
Discussant:
- Cyrille HANAPPE, architect-engineer, lecturer at ENSA Paris-Belleville
■ 21 April
FROM METROPOLITAN INFLUENCE TO LOCAL DYNAMICS
New cross-border ruralities
- Carlos AGUILAR, Architect, École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Nancy
- Marie-Aline LAMOUREUX, Architect, École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Nancy
- Florian ROYER, Architect, École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Nancy
Junior architect at Theisen Architectes – Luxembourg - Valorys TAVERDET, Architect, École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Versailles, collaborating architect at Artkansas studio
Discussant:
- Pierre JANIN, Architect DPLG – Master 2 in Architecture and Philosophy. Head of the practice Fabriques Architectures Paysage
■ 17 May
URBAN CYCLES, LIFE CYCLES
New ecological utopias to reconnect humanity with the living world
- Océane PERRONE, Architect and urban planner EPF, architect at Solarwall
- Daniela LOPES, Architect EPF / AFF Architekten
Discussant:
Roselyne de LESTRANGE, Dr., architect and urban planner, landscape architect, UCLouvain
