CIVIC FRICHE, a Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning traveling studio, takes on France’s re-appropriated, non-authoritarian and cheeky public spaces.Tumblr (3.0; @studio-civicfriche)http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lf7zissnfo1qb22ieo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>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.</p> <p>more @<a title="Metafriche Studio" target="_blank" href="http://studio-metafriche.tumblr.com/"> <strong>Studio-Metafriche</strong></a></p>http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/2810711020http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/2810711020Tue, 18 Jan 2011 08:16:00 -0500<p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>It is hard to believe that our two months in pursuit of <em>civic friche</em> have finally drawn to a close; if anything, the project feels like a beginning. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>We had set out to unravel </span><span class="A1"><span>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. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A1"><span> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A1"><span>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.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A1"><span> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A1"><span>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. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A1"><span> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A1"><span>The <em>civic friche</em> 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 <a target="_blank" href="http://www.civicfriche.com/"><a href="http://www.civicfriche.com">www.civicfriche.com</a></a>.  </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="A1"><span>A.Sirota<br/></span></span></p></p>http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/827000877http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/827000877Sun, 18 Jul 2010 03:50:00 -0400<a href="http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/blogs/post.asp?bbPostId=Cz8v5a12MwsSkCzEHRbgKIKka1B4Y5DFdkn0isCz8aNhRuUh7cL&bbParentWidgetId=B8hgtgwAXRcJz48YZ7K5qHdr">Stephane Malka at La Cité de L’Architecture et du Patrimoine</a>: <p>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.</p> <p>—S</p> <p><img src="http://cubeme.com/blog/wpcontent/uploads/2010/07/Stephane_Malka_at_La_Cit%C3%A9_de_Architecture_Patrimoine2.jpg" width="594" height="396"/></p>http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/815138179http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/815138179Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:20:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4m26gldjp1qb22ieo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>lecture Laurent Niget @ bagno - A</p>http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/737572658http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/737572658Sat, 26 Jun 2010 03:30:15 -0400<a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128249155">NPR story about the Paris metro. </a>: <p>something we can all appreciate now.</p>http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/768949309http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/768949309Sat, 26 Jun 2010 03:30:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4ly598G2x1qb22ieo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4ly598G2x1qb22ieo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4ly598G2x1qb22ieo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4ly598G2x1qb22ieo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4ly598G2x1qb22ieo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4ly598G2x1qb22ieo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4ly598G2x1qb22ieo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4ly598G2x1qb22ieo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>La defense -A</p>http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/737340506http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/737340506Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:03:06 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4snvixBLP1qb22ieo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4snvixBLP1qb22ieo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4snvixBLP1qb22ieo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4snvixBLP1qb22ieo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><span> </span></p> <p>The many moods of Amerrrica</p> <p>part one _ let’s pretend ghana doesn’t exist</p> <p>-mo</p>http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/750974790http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/750974790Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:04:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4j2fv8gPt1qb22ieo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4j2fv8gPt1qb22ieo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4j2fv8gPt1qb22ieo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4j2fv8gPt1qb22ieo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4j2fv8gPt1qb22ieo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4j2fv8gPt1qb22ieo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4j2fv8gPt1qb22ieo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4j2fv8gPt1qb22ieo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4j2fv8gPt1qb22ieo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>La Defense, construction site and arch.</p> <p>-KB</p>http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/731766640http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/731766640Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:43:02 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4j0kuArIS1qb22ieo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>frioul archipelago, exploring WWII ruins</p> <p>-KB</p>http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/731683957http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/731683957Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:02:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4hn6bmFAx1qb22ieo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>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</p> <p>Yes, ditto on Kayla’s comment. Thank you all! It has been an amazing experience.-Noureen</p>http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/729621534http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/729621534Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:15:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4cyj3D5Wm1qb22ieo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4cyj3D5Wm1qb22ieo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4cyj3D5Wm1qb22ieo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4cyj3D5Wm1qb22ieo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4cyj3D5Wm1qb22ieo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4cyj3D5Wm1qb22ieo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4cyj3D5Wm1qb22ieo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4cyj3D5Wm1qb22ieo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4cyj3D5Wm1qb22ieo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4cyj3D5Wm1qb22ieo10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>@ belle de Mai II - JL</p>http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/721390521http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/721390521Mon, 21 Jun 2010 05:32:59 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4cw371KAE1qb22ieo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4cw371KAE1qb22ieo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4cw371KAE1qb22ieo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4cw371KAE1qb22ieo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4cw371KAE1qb22ieo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4cw371KAE1qb22ieo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4cw371KAE1qb22ieo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4cw371KAE1qb22ieo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4cw371KAE1qb22ieo10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4cw371KAE1qb22ieo13_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>@ Belle de Mai I - JL - J - A</p>http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/721291218http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/721291218Mon, 21 Jun 2010 04:40:00 -0400<a href="http://www.dwell.com/articles/the-past-preservation-recommended.html">http://www.dwell.com/articles/the-past-preservation-recommended.html</a>: <p>interesting article about reuse</p>http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/718206538http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/718206538Sun, 20 Jun 2010 08:22:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l490ofPTZW1qb22ieo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l490ofPTZW1qb22ieo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l490ofPTZW1qb22ieo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l490ofPTZW1qb22ieo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l490ofPTZW1qb22ieo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l490ofPTZW1qb22ieo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l490ofPTZW1qb22ieo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l490ofPTZW1qb22ieo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l490ofPTZW1qb22ieo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l490ofPTZW1qb22ieo10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>les Calanques - JL</p>http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/714091214http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/714091214Sat, 19 Jun 2010 02:28:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l488yeL1Gz1qb22ieo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l488yeL1Gz1qb22ieo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l488yeL1Gz1qb22ieo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l488yeL1Gz1qb22ieo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l488yeL1Gz1qb22ieo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l488yeL1Gz1qb22ieo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l488yeL1Gz1qb22ieo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>marseille fish market….so exciting, so disgusting, so delicious!</p> <p>I</p>http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/712536514http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/712536514Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:30:08 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l47z3rpFNf1qb22ieo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l47z3rpFNf1qb22ieo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l47z3rpFNf1qb22ieo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l47z3rpFNf1qb22ieo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l47z3rpFNf1qb22ieo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l47z3rpFNf1qb22ieo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>galerie lafayette</p> <p>-Devon</p>http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/711980106http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/711980106Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:57:25 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l47gyo0ATl1qb22ieo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l47gyo0ATl1qb22ieo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l47gyo0ATl1qb22ieo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l47gyo0ATl1qb22ieo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l47gyo0ATl1qb22ieo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l47gyo0ATl1qb22ieo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l47gyo0ATl1qb22ieo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>The fabulous food at Chartier.</p> <p>-Brittany</p>http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/711071954http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/711071954Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:25:35 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l47gksQVqP1qb22ieo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l47gksQVqP1qb22ieo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l47gksQVqP1qb22ieo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l47gksQVqP1qb22ieo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Dinner at Chartier.</p> <p>How to eat escargot.</p> <p>-Brittany</p>http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/711056259http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/711056259Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:17:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l474hvbEVI1qb22ieo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l474hvbEVI1qb22ieo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l474hvbEVI1qb22ieo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l474hvbEVI1qb22ieo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l474hvbEVI1qb22ieo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l474hvbEVI1qb22ieo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l474hvbEVI1qb22ieo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>@ Marseille - JL + A</p>http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/710535672http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/710535672Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:56:16 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l45zky0EBw1qb22ieo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l45zky0EBw1qb22ieo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l45zky0EBw1qb22ieo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l45zky0EBw1qb22ieo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l45zky0EBw1qb22ieo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l45zky0EBw1qb22ieo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Saint Etienne - Jl</p>http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/708208642http://studio-civicfriche.tumblr.com/post/708208642Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:12:00 -0400