The Festival des Architectures Vives is the Architecture festival held in Montpellier since 2006 and in the city of La Grande Motte since 2013. The aim is to highlight the work of new generations of architects, landscape architects and urban planners, as well as allowing the visitors to discover the cultural heritage of both citiesfor free, since the festival is celebrated in mansions and private courtyards that are usually not open to the public. Each installation allows to show and explore the work of young architects who with their proposals invite to start a conversation on architecture and its development in the existing urban context and also generate a dialogue between the works and the contemporary heritage.
The awarded projects of the Montpellier edition:
Jury Award.-
The Jury Award was given to the Margaux Rodot, Mickaël Martin and Benoît Tastet for their installation Un dixième printemps, in the courtyard of the Hotel de Griffy.
Public Award.-
The Public Award was decreed to Claire Dusonchet and Julien Plessis for Goldfish, installation with the gold reflections of the Hotel de Rozel.
Special mention.-
The team of Syracuse University coming from the United States, received the Special mention for the project Trans(Inter)ference.
The awarded projects of La Grande Motte edition:
Jury Award / Public Award.-
The Jury and Public Award were decerned to TOMA - Antonio Nardozzi & Maria Dolores del Sol Ontalba for The Porthole located in the Paul Harris quay.
Special mention.-
Embruns Installation created by Arnaud Malthieu, Amandine Romanet & Matthieu Thuillier obtains the Special Mention.
