ArchiLab
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ArchiLab is an annual architectural exposition and conference held in Orléans
in France. So far, there have been ArchiLab projects every year from 1999 to 2008.
s were invited to present their projects during the Third International Meeting on Architecture
held in Orléans
in 2001. This meeting brings together the architects of the world for whom lodging together is a chance for thinking about new conceptual strategies. Faced with an increasing standardization in the construction industry and the fashion of dwellings in constant change, the challenge of the innovator is to adapt to these times of constant change.
Modern communications have introduced us to a greater cultural diversity but, on the other hand, increasing industrialization has led to uniformity in the construction process.
The projects are grouped in a way to represent various attitudes towards the question of housing.
Orléans
-Prehistory and Roman:Cenabum was a Gallic stronghold, one of the principal towns of the Carnutes tribe where the Druids held their annual assembly. It was conquered and destroyed by Julius Caesar in 52 BC, then rebuilt under the Roman Empire...
in France. So far, there have been ArchiLab projects every year from 1999 to 2008.
ArchiLab 2001
More than 90 architectArchitect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
s were invited to present their projects during the Third International Meeting on Architecture
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
held in Orléans
Orléans
-Prehistory and Roman:Cenabum was a Gallic stronghold, one of the principal towns of the Carnutes tribe where the Druids held their annual assembly. It was conquered and destroyed by Julius Caesar in 52 BC, then rebuilt under the Roman Empire...
in 2001. This meeting brings together the architects of the world for whom lodging together is a chance for thinking about new conceptual strategies. Faced with an increasing standardization in the construction industry and the fashion of dwellings in constant change, the challenge of the innovator is to adapt to these times of constant change.
Modern communications have introduced us to a greater cultural diversity but, on the other hand, increasing industrialization has led to uniformity in the construction process.
The projects are grouped in a way to represent various attitudes towards the question of housing.
- Individual or collective habitation
- Flexibility
- Effects on landscape
- New life styles
- Subversion
- Form and process of creation
External links
- Main ArchiLab website (bilingual English/French)
- ArchiLab 2001 English-language site