“Workshop and interdisciplinary competition to imagine the future energy landscape of the Saclay plateau”.
Imagining the Plateau de Saclay's energy landscape in the light of the energy transition.
This was the challenge proposed by the ENSP Landscape and Energy Chair, Centrale Supélec, ENSA Versailles, the Saclay Design Center, and the Diagonale Paris-Saclay to students from various courses. From February 27 to March 2, 2018, young architects, landscape architects, engineers and designers were invited to imagine spatial responses as part of the competition “Imagining the energy landscape of the future of the Saclay plateau”. Multi-disciplinary teams of 5 students each were formed to propose a desirable, future giving a glimpse, of these transitions.
The responses gave rise to a view combining art and technology, inspired by the international Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) competition, whose two directors, Elizabeth Monoian and Robert Ferry, were the guests of honor. Each teams' work visualized the energy transition on the Saclay landscape, calling for the design of renewable energy infrastructures in keeping with the resources of the Plateau site, not forgetting the sobriety and efficiency of energy use in future lifestyles.
Housed in Centrale Supélec's new premises at Gif-sur-Yvette, the students worked in a research environment at the cutting edge for renewable energies, artistic experimentation and their conceptualization in landscape and transition architectural projects. Throughout the week, they were accompanied by experts from various disciplines, from France and the United States, to fuel their productions.
In a nutshell:
- 4 days of intensive work during the workshop from February 27 to March 2, 2018 ;
- Workshop held at Centrale Supélec at Gif-sur-Yvette ;
- Mixed teams of architects, landscape architects, engineers and designers from over 15 schools in France, Belgium and Germany ;
- Renowned guests: Elisabeth Monoian and Robert Ferry, directors of the international architecture competition Land Art Generator Initiative ;
- An exceptional final jury: Michel Desvigne (landscape architect, Grand prix de l'urbanisme 2011), Elizabeth Monoian and Robert Ferry (directors of LAGI), Bertrand Folléa (landscape architect, Folléa-Gautier landscape agency, Grand Prix du paysage 2016), Odile Marcel (philosopher Collectif Paysages de l'Après-pétrole), Laurent Miguet (journalist Paysages Actualités), Vincent Créance (director of the Saclay Design Center), Christina Ottaviano (industrial designer, landscape architect CESP), Clément Briandet (landscape architect), Eléonore Mounoud (co-founder of the Ecological Transition and Civic Engagement project cluster, CentralSupelec) ;
- A public awards ceremony was held on Friday, March 2, 2018 at CentraleSupélec to congratulate the two winning teams.
La Fabrique terrestre, aquatique et aérienne : Project team : Christina Ottaviano.
Iconographic credits : DR, Droit Réservé, Christina Ottaviano, all the students present at the workshop from : Strate École de design, ENSA Paris-Belleville, ENS Paris-Saclay, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, ENSP Versailles Marseille, Centrale-Supélec, ENSA-V, Ecole PolyTechnique-X, ESCP Europe, ENSCI ;
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