Vauban in motion. From isolation as a strategy to resident “tactics”. Opening up through the uses?
Event details
| Date | 31.10.2012 |
| Hour | 15:15 › 16:00 |
| Speaker | David GAILLARD |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
The intervention intends to explore the social dimension of the eco-neighborhood, discussing the case of Vauban. The ethnographic description of the neighborhood is activated in order to go beyond the postcard-perfect image of Vauban and to show – beyond the static condition fixed by the city-marketing – the sociability going on, viewed from the perspective of the currently emerging spatial forms. Indeed, Vauban is moving, according to a dual and inverted dynamic process, reflected by a logic of isolating and opening up (Capron). The isolation process has its origins in the site’s history (former squatted barracks), secluded by spatial ruptures. This isolation is reinforced by the ecologic and community-oriented script, which integrates the legitimate uses into the materiality of the neighborhood. Conversely, the process of opening up by means of the uses, operates on the basis of three “resident” tactics (Certeau): a counter “art of doing”, a pro “art of doing” and an alternative “art of doing”.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
- This event is internal
Organizer
- ideas.epfl.ch
The axis Integrated Design, Architecture and Sustainability (IDEAS) is a joint initiative of both the Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Performance-Integrated Design (LIPID) and Laboratory of Architecture and Sustainable Technologies (LAST) of the ENAC School at EPFL. It aims to address an increased integration of the various issues related to sustainable architecture within the framework of the Doctoral program Architecture & Science of the city (EDAR).
Contact
- Sophie Lufkin