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We are excited to announce a new chapter in friche research: meta friche. This spring we will be heading back to France to uncover how currently a cadre of architects, landscape architects, scenographers and artists have deployed friche tactics in the design of contemporary projects.
more @ Studio-Metafriche
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STUDIO CIVIC FRICHE
It is hard to believe that our two months in pursuit of civic friche have finally drawn to a close; if anything, the project feels like a beginning.
We had set out to unravel an emergent urban typology, a paradoxical coupling of terms – the institutional with the abandoned – and to gain an understanding of how France’s marginal sites are tactically reappropriated for public function. What we discovered were a series of landscapes, buildings and thinkers that define public space in inspiring new ways.
The architects, landscape architects, scenographers, urban installation artists, administrators, academics, researchers, developers, photographers, squatters and impulsive frichers whom we met on the way made access to the sites possible, and we cannot thank them enough for their enthusiasm, intelligence and graciousness.
We would also like to thank the team of students from the University of Michigan who elected to take part in this exploration. Their energy, curiosity and sincerity were contagious. And we are eager to see if and how the civic friche research manifests itself in their future thinking, representations and design strategies.
The civic friche team continues to finalize the semester’s research as it is truly a work in progress. We invite you to follow a more in depth analysis on www.civicfriche.com.
A.Sirota
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Stephane Malka at La Cité de L’Architecture et du Patrimoine →
I just got an email update from AIA/Architectural Record about this. Good press for Stephane in France as well as the US. After hearing him speak about the issues one faces when starting an independent practice as a young architect, it will be interesting to see where his path leads.
—S
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lecture Laurent Niget @ bagno - A
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NPR story about the Paris metro. →
something we can all appreciate now.
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La defense -A
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The many moods of Amerrrica
part one _ let’s pretend ghana doesn’t exist
-mo
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La Defense, construction site and arch.
-KB
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frioul archipelago, exploring WWII ruins
-KB
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MERCI!! thank you all so much for making the civic friche course so enjoyable and rewarding. i’ve had a blast, and although i’m sad the course is over, the friche-ing continues… -kayla
Yes, ditto on Kayla’s comment. Thank you all! It has been an amazing experience.-Noureen
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@ belle de Mai II - JL
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@ Belle de Mai I - JL - J - A
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http://www.dwell.com/articles/the-past-preservation-recommended.html →
interesting article about reuse
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les Calanques - JL
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marseille fish market….so exciting, so disgusting, so delicious!
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