How to take care
of the inhabited milieus?

"In today’s world of rampant artificialisation of spaces,
the appropriate relationship between nature and the artifact has become crucial..."

Excerpt from the Europan 17 catalogue of results, read the article from:

. Chris Younès (FR) – anthro-philosopher, teacher at ESA Paris, member of the Gerphau research laboratory, www.gerphau.archi.fr
. Didier Rebois (FR) – architect, General Secretary of Europan, www.europan-europe.eu

The challenge is to use the potential of the wild nature as a resource and as a living milieu. In some winning projects of the Europan 17 competition, we can see 4 matrices
of thought and action about the way to take care of the inhabited milieus which are particularly significant in the new natural-cultural projectual representations:
Welcoming, which is inclusive and welcoming to others, human and non-human, in their conditions of life possibility, Vs. inhospitality and exclusion;
Holding, which supports through a weaving of natural-cultural interdependencies and reciprocities, Vs. the unbearable;
Repairing, which constantly repairs and nurtures, Vs. exhaustion and the ravages of milieus and things;
According, which rhythmically holds elements together in their similarities, differences and divergences, Vs. discordance.

Click here to read the article
Click here to buy the catalogue

Brussels (BE), Winner – Le plateau du Maelbeek