public role
The Braillard Architectes Foundation is active in the fields of research in urban studies and city sciences, valorization and conservation of the architectural heritage of the 20th century and aids towards innovative achievements in terms of architecture and urbanism.
The Braillard Architectes Foundation regularly organises manifestations aimed at a varied public, consisting of both specialists and laypeople.
These initiatives are aimed at publicly discussing subjects related to urban issues and to the city. There are conferences, colloquiums, exhibitions and visits organised by the Foundation alone or in collaboration with other institutions.
The BAF has helped to develop lines of communication between worlds too often isolated.
In this way, the BAF has helped to develop lines of communication between worlds too often isolated from each other – the professions, the academia, the public authorities, civil society and cultural institutions.
events
Bernardo Secchi Working Seminar 2016 “The city of the rich and the city of the poor”
September 27th, 2016 9am-7:30pm Maison de la Paix, Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2, Geneva The Fondation Braillard Architectes (FBA) organises together with the Laboratory of Urbanism (Lab-U)of the Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne (EPFL) and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva (IHEID) the Working Seminar Bernardo Secchi (1934-2014, a leading European intellectual and urbanist). […]
September 22nd 2015
Bernardo Secchi Working Seminar 2015
Have we sufficiently prepared our cities for the ecological transition? De we know how to optimize the use of the Earth’s resources? Do décision-makers, stakeholders, architects and planners use the soils, our first and foremost urban resource, with the necessary respect and attention?
December 10, 2014
L’urbanisme, réalités et utopies
Conférence de Françoise Fromonot dans le cadre de la session d’automne 2014 du cours public de la FBA. Mercredi 10 décembre 2014, 12 h 15 – 13 h 45 à la FBA.
December 3, 2014
Zone indécise
Conférence de Filippo Zanghi, qui présentera son livre Zone indécise. Périphéries urbaines et voyage de proximité dans la littérature contemporaine. Mercredi 3 décembre 2014, 12 h 15 – 13 h 45 à la FBA.
publications
January 2015
Malaise dans la profession
Matthey, L. 2015. Malaise dans la profession. Les urbanistes suisses face aux transformations de leur métier. Métropolitiques.eu, janvier [en ligne].
December 2014
Building up stories
Matthey, L. 2014. Building up stories. Urban action in the era of The Society of the Spectacle. Genève, A-Type éditions.
heritage
Fondation Braillard Architectes
16, rue Saint-Léger
CH — 1205 Genève
Tel: +41 22 311 17 17
info@braillard.ch
