Round tables with exhibiting architects
Critical Symposium
Summary of meetings
Distribution
of the round table programme: May 2004
Distribution
of selected exhibiting architects: June 2004
Registration for round tables and additional information
After the special presentation of the
Centre Regional Contemporary Art Collection [FRAC Centre] architecture
collection, also included in the "20 Years of FRACs" event,
Archilab 2004 is introducing the move from an annual to a biennial conference.
The organization of the exhibition is duly changing shape. Henceforth
there will be an artistic management board and a different invited curator
for each event.
This year the artistic management of Archilab is in the hands of Marie-Ange
Brayer, director of the FRAC, because of the close links
between Archilab and the FRAC Centre.
The curator is Bart
Lootsma, an internationally renowned, Vienna-based Dutch
critic, teacher, exhibition curator, and author of many publications.
This year, in order to better coincide with the new university academic
year, and involve architecture schools in these professional events as
an interface between the new generation and young architecture, as well
as incorporating the "Vivre les Villes" operation of the French
Ministry of Culture and Communications, the conference and exhibition
will be opened in mid-October.
Exhibition
In a venue of some 1500 sq.m/16,000 sq.ft, on the Site des Subsistances,
the works of some thirty architects, belonging to a generation now emerging
at an international level, will be exhibited.
The selection of projects made by Bart Lootsma will challenge and question
the urban dimension in the approaches of these young architects. The exhibition
will consist of different sections: urbanistic projects, installations
and research in the form of maquettes, drawings, and projections. There
will also be activities in the city itself during the show.
Associated events
As every year, Archilab will work with professional organizations and
cultural centers.
informational tools
The public will have access to informational tools: exhibition guide,
free guided tours, and so on.
Advocating a pluralistic approach, open to every kind of innovative trend, Archilab is a place for discovering architecture in its most creative dimension.
Archilab's goal is to offer a platform for meetings between French and foreign architects, and between architects and contracting authorities.
Since its inception, this conference has enjoyed wide national and international repercussions.
Art director : Marie-Ange Brayer
General coordinator : Christelle Lecoeur
Assistant: Cathy Larqué
Project supervision : City of Orléans Cultural Programmes Office, Emilie Bettega, director, assisted by Françoise-Hélène Maupaté