Seminar (Re)Drawing the Urban Ground: Project, Methodologies, and Representation / HRC
Event details
| Date | 15.10.2025 |
| Hour | 14:30 |
| Speaker | Lucía Jalón (HRC / ALICE-EPFL), Séréna Vanbutsele (TRANSFORM / HEIA-FR), Antoine Vialle (TU-Berlin), with Julie Riondel (TRANSFORM / HEIA-FR) and Ben Gitaï (HRC-EPFL) |
| Location |
Pavillon Sicli Route des Acacias 45, Geneva
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
| Event Language | French, English |
Wednesday, October 15
14:30
Pavillon Sicli
Route des Acacias 45, Geneva
Duration 1h30
Free, registration required
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Traditionally confined to the fields of agriculture, geography, and soil science, the study of soils has now become a crucial element of urban planning and design. Inspired by Bernardo Secchi’s seminal work, Progetto di Suolo (1986), this seminar aims to explore innovative approaches to the management and design of urban soils from the perspectives of architecture and urbanism.
The objective is to understand how cities can better coexist with their natural foundations, notably through the development of strategies for rehabilitating degraded urban soils. Bringing together the perspectives of professionals and researchers from HRC- EPFL and HEIA-FR, the seminar aims to analyze contemporary methodologies of representation, characterization, and design of shared, productive, and inhabited natural spaces capable of addressing contemporary environmental and social challenges.
Join Lucía Jalón (HRC / ALICE-EPFL), Séréna Vanbutsele (TRANSFORM / HEIA-FR), and Antoine Vialle (TU-Berlin), with Julie Riondel (TRANSFORM / HEIA-FR) and Ben Gitaï (HRC-EPFL) as moderators.
One of the following workshops will provide an opportunity to continue the discussions.
Inscription
Workshop (Re)Drawing the Urban Ground
14:30
Pavillon Sicli
Route des Acacias 45, Geneva
Duration 1h30
Free, registration required
Inscription
Traditionally confined to the fields of agriculture, geography, and soil science, the study of soils has now become a crucial element of urban planning and design. Inspired by Bernardo Secchi’s seminal work, Progetto di Suolo (1986), this seminar aims to explore innovative approaches to the management and design of urban soils from the perspectives of architecture and urbanism.
The objective is to understand how cities can better coexist with their natural foundations, notably through the development of strategies for rehabilitating degraded urban soils. Bringing together the perspectives of professionals and researchers from HRC- EPFL and HEIA-FR, the seminar aims to analyze contemporary methodologies of representation, characterization, and design of shared, productive, and inhabited natural spaces capable of addressing contemporary environmental and social challenges.
Join Lucía Jalón (HRC / ALICE-EPFL), Séréna Vanbutsele (TRANSFORM / HEIA-FR), and Antoine Vialle (TU-Berlin), with Julie Riondel (TRANSFORM / HEIA-FR) and Ben Gitaï (HRC-EPFL) as moderators.
One of the following workshops will provide an opportunity to continue the discussions.
Inscription
Workshop (Re)Drawing the Urban Ground
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- General public
- Registration required
Organizer
- Habitat Research Center Ben Gitai