The idea of a facility is often treated as an obvious one. For example, in our imaginations a school represents a place and a function, inextricably linked, meeting an indisputable need. But facilities such as crèches and nursery schools are very recent “inventions”. As planning is underway for major changes which will form an important part of the city of tomorrow, and in particular of PAV, how should we approach the issue of the provision of facilities? How can we define and qualify, in advance, the “need” on which this planning will be based? There are many questions which challenge us to use our imaginations to “invent”, what will be, new models of facilities.

 Speaker

Trained as an architect, and an urban planner for the city of Geneva for some twenty years, Pierre Chappuis sits on the cantonal urban planning commission and was one of the main developers of the “Geneva 2020” plan. He has long been interested in the relationship between the social sphere and city planning, and since 2011 he has been deputy head of the social services of the city of Geneva, where he has been involved in particular with the community action teams.