As part of ArchiLab 2004, different partners in the conference will propose an associated programme in the form of exhibitions, events and meetings: a project involving artists’ interventions by the CCC in Tours; lectures organized by the Friends of the FRAC Centre, the CAUE of the Loiret, the Agence d’Urbanisme of Orléans, the IAV (Institute of Visual Arts) of Orléans; and meetings organized by the Historic Cafés (Appointments with History) in Orléans, SIGOR information desk (Geographical Information System of Orleans) at Site des Subsistances militaires; an exhibition at the Urban Agency of Orléans.

Psychogeographical walk with Wilfried Hou Je Beck

"The psychogeographical walks are systematic approaches focusing on preconceived and indisputable mental images of urban and rural landscapes". The Psychogeographer Wilfried Hou Je Beck examines human behaviour in the urban structure by applying the notion of serendipity (the fact of finding something useful by chance while looking for something else in the urban drift). As part of ArchiLab 2004, Wilfried Hou Je Beck proposes this unique experience in the La Source neighbourhood of Orleans. It will be updated throughout the exhibition.

Information: +33 (0)2 38 53 06 16 - contact@archilab.org

Urban journey with Boris Sieverts

In his urban travel agency, Büro fur Städtereisen in Cologne, Boris Sieverts has been operating for the past five years as a walkers' guide for hikes which he organizes on the edges of cities. According to him, "the wild outskirts of large cities are one of the last adventures." For ArchiLab 2004, Boris Sieverts is introducing a programme of outings in the Argonne neighbourhood.

Information: +33 (0)2 38 53 06 16 - contact@archilab.org

City Walk

Sunday 21 November

Guided tour organized in conjunction with the Pompidou Centre : Yves Clerget, in charge of teaching about the city and architecture, the IFA, the Friends of the FRAC Centre, the CAUE 45, the Regional Historic Cafés, and the City of Orleans (Office of Cultural Action). With the participation of Christophe Speroni, historian of the Representation of the City from the 17th to 19th centuries.

Information: Orleans City Hall, Office of Cultural Action,
+33 (0)2 38 79 23 77.

Andrea Branzi Exhibition

October 15, 2004 – January 31, 2005
FRAC Centre, Orleans

Curator : Marie-Ange Brayer

Lecture by Andrea Branzi

Friday 15 October, 11a.m.,
at Centre de Conférences, Orleans

The Milan-based architect, designer and theoretician Andrea Branzi (b.1938) is one of the leading exponents of radical Italian architecture. He contributed to the founding of the Archizoom Group (1966), where he devised the famous Superonda (1966) and Safari (1968) sofas, as well as the Mies (1969-70) and Aeo (1973) armchairs, he developed the No Stop City project (1969-1972), city without end and "without quality", where the urban fixtures are the only architecture-forming.
In 1996, Agronica combined urban planning and rural dimensions. In 2000, the project for Eindhoven illustrated the "weak urbanization model
For Branzi, architecture and design are closely linked to socio-cultural changes. In quest of a balance between technological culture and humanist culture, Branzi is forever advocating a critical and experimental stance in his work.

Archilive

Thursday 14 October
Contemporary Music Center Astrolabe
Bd Jean Jaurès, Orléans

Information : +33 (0)2 38 54 20 06 - info@lastrolabe.org,
www.lastrolabe.org

Regional Historic Cafés

Wednesday 17 November, at 6.30 pm,
at the Autour de la terre Café, Orleans.

"Is contemporary architecture an opportunity for today's European city?"
Lecture by Guy Burgel, teaching at Paris 10 Nanterre University, Laboratory of Urban Geography.
Faced with the economic, social and moral crisis of the present-day European city, architectural work often seems like a response. Yet can it be justified?

Information: +33 (2) 54 56 84 27 - www.cafeshistoriques.com

Campus en fête
October 4-8

As part of this event, photographic reproductions of ArchiLab projects and pieces from the FRAC Centre collection on the theme of Utopia will be on view in the entrance to the university restaurant on the Letters campus.

Information: +33 (0)2 38 49 47 62 -
jean-louis.tallon@univ-orleans.fr

The SIGOR

(System of Geographical Information of Orleans) is presented at the Subsistances Militaires site.