Events around architecture rain down on French territory. In France and abroad, numerous workshops, conferences and site visits are planned for the month of October 2023. A way, each time, to raise awareness among the public and construction professionals about the profession of architect.

On a national scale, the National Architecture Conferences

The ecological transition will be at the center of this national event, which will be held from October 13 to 15, 2023 in mainland France and abroad. These National Architecture Conference, created at the initiative of the Ministry of Culture in 2016, aims to bring together initiatives that contribute to the discovery of architecture and its professions by all audiences. The 2023 edition will highlight the place and role of architecture in the ecological transition, to give visibility to a responsible practice, less consuming of resources and energy, and more adapted to current lifestyles. On the program: visits to works and agencies, exhibitions, debates, etc.

A month of protests in Guyana

The Guyana House of Architecture celebrates the second edition of the “Archidays” festival, which will run until October 15. For a month, numerous events highlight the architect’s profession, materials and the different phases of an architectural project. Visits to normally inaccessible buildings are also planned.

In Lyon, sustainable issues take center stage

The TerraFibra Architectures exhibition, co-produced by the Pavillon de l’Arsenal, amàco and the Grands Ateliers, is exported to Lyon after its presentation in Paris. The projects of 40 buildings finalists for the TerraFibra Awards architecture prize, the first world prize for contemporary architecture in raw earth and vegetal fibers, will be presented at the CAUE Rhône Métropole until December 16. Batiactu told you about this interesting installation in an article from the end of 2021.

From September 30 to October 15, the festival of architecture and spatial arts, Zig Zag, offers a wide range of events of all kinds for its fifth edition. In the Seine Valley, the party “invites you to discover and understand this territory in motion“The idea of ​​this edition is to imagine ways of living in the city and on the banks of the river.”in line with our times“. The objective is to awaken the curiosity of visitors and offer another perspective.

Cinema, landscape and architecture in Île-de-France

The third edition of Festival “Close up: city, architecture and landscape in cinema” It takes place from October 10 to 17 in Paris, Greater Paris and Île-de-France. The idea is to raise public awareness about the main urban, architectural, landscape and, in general, environmental issues through cinema. From Ivry-sur-Seine to Noisy-le-Grand, 22 locations will host this rich and eclectic program that provides a new perspective on the city, to make it more inclusive, liveable and united.

The winner of the 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prize, Wang Shu, will meet on October 12 at 6:30 p.m. at the Zénith in Strasbourg for a conference. The Chinese, also a professor, philosopher and author, will come to share”his vision of the relationship between respect for tradition and the contribution of a contemporary language as he applies it, above all in his country“. Wang Shu founded the agency Amateur Architecture Studio in 1997 with his wife Lu Wenyu. Together, they create sustainable contemporary architecture that is deeply humanistic and integrated into its environment.

Art Deco in Toulon

The CAUE proposes an architectural walk through the city center of Toulon (Var) on October 14, at 2:30 p.m., on the theme “Toulon in the 20th century, the art deco style”. The public will be accompanied by an architect who will show the most characteristic architectural and decorative elements of the movement in the capital of the Var. Innovative construction techniques, diversity of materials and a mix of Provençal and Art Deco styles will be the center of this cultural visit. A way to immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the roaring twenties.

Celebrate the Limousin territory in Limoges

This is the first architecture biennale to be held in New Aquitaine. From October 12 to 14, in Limoges, the “Architecture meetings in motion“, designed by the Regional Order of Architects. This traveling biennial is aimed at institutional and construction agents, as well as architects, and will highlight Limoges and the Limousin territory. Workshops, film screenings, concerts, round tables , conferences and training will aim to present concrete solutions to respond to the challenges of the climate crisis.

Architecture and sport in Firminy

Until January 14, 2024, visitors will be able to discover the exhibition “It’s happening in the city! Sport and architecture for tomorrow” at the Le Corbusier site in Firminy, in the Loire. The installation, designed by the Dream firm, echoes the major sporting events of the 2023 Rugby World Cup and the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and shows the place of sport and its role in the city of tomorrow .