Housing and Sustainable Cities : A Critical Approach to Urban Development
Seminar
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This course is designed to be a forum for collective reflection on the strategic choices and methods that contribute to urban and architectural design. It explores how spatial planning practices are evolving in light of current environmental and climate challenges. What professional, civic and political skills are emerging or changing ?
Objectives
The aim of this seminar is to provide an initial overview of the challenges of the ecological transition in relation to urban development processes, through an approach focused on the creation of sustainable housing and cities. These issues are examined both from a theoretical and conceptual perspective and in terms of the practices of key stakeholders (professionals, citizens, decision-makers, etc.).
Students examine the evolution of professions in their technical, economic and social dimensions through an analysis of French and international architectural and urban practices, focusing on the theme of ‘sustainable housing and cities’. Areas for reflection and further study address the architectural and urban challenges facing regions and stakeholders in light of new imperatives (climate and energy constraints, the transition away from fossil fuels, urban resilience, etc.). The frameworks and methods of urban development (the creation of eco-neighbourhoods, the production of ecological architecture, the promotion of models for the participation of various stakeholders in design and planning processes, etc.) are examined through a resolutely critical and comprehensive approach.
Examples of topics
– Social support within a run-down housing estate
– The dismantling of the affordable housing stock in Germany. The social impact of housing policies in Germany since the 19th century
– Associations and intermediation in urban regeneration projects : the case of Bron Terraillon
– The treatment of ‘vernacular architecture’ by academia in Greece : a comparison of knowledge
– Bergen : water as both identity and threat
– Urban renaturation through water management
– From school playgrounds to oases of coolness : the Cours Oasis project at the heart of Parisian urban resilience
– The influence and impact of guidelines on the structuring and development of gendered urban planning in France
– Traditional renovation processes and the revitalisation of local communities in Kyoto
Teaching team 2025–2026
Élise Macaire, seminar coordinator
Sara Carlini
Martin Minost
Margotte Lamouroux
Capucine Tournilhac
Guillaume Baron
Further information : http://enseignementshmu.paris-lavillette.archi.fr/hvd/
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