Description of the Festival des Architectures Vives.
The Festival des Architectures Vives aims to raise public awareness of the wide range of architecture. It seeks not only to highlight the work of a young generation of architects, landscape architects and urban planners but also to make discover unexpected urban areas.
Through two urban courses, one in the historical heart of Montpellier’s town and a second in La Grande Motte, the public can discover works of contemporary architecture in unique sites and sometimes unknown from people. In La Grande Motte, the festival offers an urban course in the heart of Jean Balladur’s architecture, which caracterises this seaside town, recently approved “Heritage of the XXth Century”. In 2014, the Festival des Architectures Vives invested 8 sites in total with 7 installations + 1 pavilion.
Many works allow interaction with visitors. All of them take possession of the sites during the festival only. Leaving no physical trace, the festival seeks to make an impression, to initiate a global reflection on architecture and its development in existing urban context and finally, to create a dialogue between contemporary works and heritage. Mediators are present on each site. These mediators are students at the School of Architecture of Montpellier and they endeavour to strengthen appreciation of the works of the visitors. The event is free, this reflects the desire of opening architecture to the greatest number.
FAV is organized by Elodie Nourrigat and Jacques Brion, architects in Montpellier.
Description of the Festival des Architectures Vives 2014 in La Grande Motte
Garden of soft clouds, hanging garden, lace on the sea, plaiting, moiré effect… In june 2014 took place the second edition of the Festival des Architectures Vives on unique urban territories. In La Grande Motte from the 21st to the 29th of June 2014, on theme of Sensuality visitors had the joy of touching, smelling, tasting and above all they had much of pleasure strolling in the town.
The Festival des Architectures Vives aims to raise public awareness of the wide range of architecture. It seeks not only to highlight the work of a young generation of architects, landscape architects and urban planners but also to make discover unexpected urban areas. In 2014, the Festival des Architectures Vives invested 8 sites in total with 7 installations + 1 pavilion.
NAS Architecture was reward two times : ones by the Public price and twice by the Jury price. They had created “Breath Box”. A Special Mention was given to Marion Moustey and Alexandre Arcens for “Onde sensuelle” and a second Special Mention went to Dots, the American team behind the “Cloud Garden” project.
FAV 2014 à La Grande Motte took place one week after FAV 2014 in Montpellier.
CREDITS.-
Name of team // Project name
Nicolas Baudru, Léa Corba // Sensualité invisible
DOTS / Jason Scroggin, Akari Takebayashi // Cloud Garden
Porté(e) / Rosine Autran, Elodie Bouin, Jorge Calderon Arias, Frédéric Ganichot // Ola
Marion Moustey, Alexandre Arcens // Onde sensuelle
Fakir / Marie Bellorini, Charlène Cieslewicz, Anaïs Krebs // Sens dessus sens dessous
NAS Architectures / Hadrien Balalud de Saint Jean, Guillaume Giraud, Johan Laure // Breath box
Sébastien Caré, Basile Chopard // De fils en fils
Pavilion
Atelier Jérôme Lafond / Jérôme Lafond, Marion Pujol // Sailing cube.
FAV 2014 in Montpellier in few figures.
2nd edition in La Grande Mott.e
9 days of festival : 11th – 15th of june 2014.
10 000 visitors.
10 teams on 260 candidatures.
1 invited university.
1 Pavilion.
Organizer.- Festival des Architectures Vives.
Location.- 4 rue des Trésoriers de la Bourse – 34000 Montpellier.
Official project name.- Festival des Architectures Vives - FAV 2014 à Montpellier.
Location.- La Grande Motte.
Date of the event.- June 2014.
