The subject of « Land and Cities » that challenges ECT
The Architecture and Landscape Biennial (BAP) launched its first edition in 2019, « Man, Nature and the City », which attracted 200,000 visitors. Still organised by the Ile-de-France Region and the City of Versailles, the 2nd edition of the BAP was held from 14 May to 13 July 2022. The link between « land and cities » was considered with 10 exhibitions in prestigious locations. The proposed itinerary combined the views of professionals, artists and the Versailles schools of Architecture and Landscape.
A rich and future-oriented programme
ECT is proud to have partnered with this important event. And is involved in various exhibitions in various degrees of partnership.
« Project(s) Earth(s) » at the National School of Landscape Versailles
In this exhibition, the National School of Landscape gives visitors the opportunity to put themselves in the shoes of the landscape students who are learning how to « care for soils » in landscape projects. In the enchanting setting of the “Potager du Roi” (king’s kitchen garden), the curator, Emma Morillon presents the work carried out by the students and the workshops organised by the school on the reuse of excavated soil. This exhibition is part of the activities of the chair » Earth and landscape « , a partnership between the ENSP and ECT.
« Visible / Invisible » at the National School of Architecture Versailles
« Visible / Invisible » questions the contemporary architectural forms that can arise from the rediscovery of the materials and the rational use of land energy. This exhibition is curated by Guillaume Ramilien and Nicolas Dorval-Bory. The courtyard of the School of Architecture is filled with silt, sand, marl and clay. This is soil brought back from the Villeneuve-sous-Dammartin site and excavated from the subsoil of the Ile-de-France region by the public works sector. This installation is the subject of a sponsorship between ECT and the School of Architecture.
« La Tour des Terres” (the layers of the earth), a manifesto for a promising land!
Created by MueExperiences, this 60 cm module made of raw clay takes a prominent place in the Visible/Invisible exhibition. The tower demonstrates the load-bearing capacities of the earth through the experimentation of different construction techniques in raw earth, heavy clay, cob, light earth and plaster. ECT is proud to have contributed to its creation.
The Pavillon de la Métropole du Grand Paris, designed by Chartier-Dalix, hosts a photo exhibition by Anne-Marie Filaire
Facing the Château de Versailles, The Pavillon de la Métropole du Grand Paris is an innovative building designed by the Chartier-Dalix agency. The ‘biodiverse’ wall is a structure that is both a solid load-bearing wall and a vertical floor, inhabited by flora and fauna. A world’s first! The pavilion hosts a photo exhibition by Anne-Marie Filaire, the result of her work on various ECT land reclamation sites. A perfect match between stone and earth.
« Elément terre », an exhibition of the Paris Region Institute
Elément Terre, curated by Cécile Diguet, presents a very impressive model of the Ile-de-France region, made from the soil of the region. With the theme, « the earth that shapes us – the earth that we shape », the exhibition also presented the project » Cycle Terre » with a raw earth wall and photographs by Pierre-YvesBrunaud. This comprehensive exhibition evoked the subsoil of Ile-de-France, illustrated by a sample taken from an ECT site.
