Press Kit | no. 982-55

Festival des Architectures Vives 2024

Montpellier, France

Association Champ Libre

Landscape Architecture, Art, Culture, Event + Exhibition, Installation + Public art, Sustainable Development

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Montpellier, France, 2024-07-03 - The 2024 edition of the Festival des Architectures Vives received a very positive response from the public, with visitors numbering around 13,000.

Since 2006, the Festival des Architectures Vives has been offering the public an immersive exploration of Montpellier's architectural treasures - its private mansions. By transforming little-known historic spaces with contemporary architectural installations, we encourage dialogue between past and present, tradition and innovation. Each installation is created by teams of young architects.

This year, 30 mediators, students at the Montpellier School of Architecture, were on hand at each site to help visitors better appreciate the tour. What's more, the event was free of charge, demonstrating ther desire to open up to as many people as possible.

2024 theme: Rhythm
In this Olympic year 2024, the Festival des Architectures Vives is more than ever dedicated to exploring the links between architecture and movement, in a celebration of the harmony between body, performance, and structure. Under the captivating theme of "Rhythm", the Festival plunges into a dynamic dialogue between art, sport, and architectural discipline, inspired by the philosophical foundations of the modern Olympic Games established by Pierre de Coubertin, who sought to extend the thinking of Greek philosophers that body and mind are inseparable.

Environmental commitment

The Festival des Architectures Vives reaffirmed its commitment to sustainability by implementing a rigorous environmental charter. In partnership with Mas Réemploi, the Festival encouraged the use of recycled materials and creative reuse in the design of installations.

Thanks to the reuse of plant materials, 13,058 kg.eq.CO2 were saved.

But what does 13,058 kg.eq.CO2 represent?
- 3,751 return train journeys between Montpellier and Paris
- 17.5 years of electric heating for an average apartment (63m²)
- 97,163 return trips on Tramway line 1 Mosson - Odysseum in Montpellier.

The teams
From over 80 applications received, the selection committee chose 11 teams, representing 26 architects, with a rich balance of national and international talent.

Jury prize
‘人’ The Proscenium Of Ephemeral Reflections
Álvaro GONZÁLEZ SERRANO & Jennyfher ALVARADO FIGUEROA
Madrid / Pamplona - Spain
Public prize
RHUBARB
Atelier DARN : Simay CAG, Peker AYAN & Bilge KOBAK
Turkey

Special mention
SOLSTICE
Léa BEKHAZI, Quentin BRION & Benjamin MAYLIN
Montpellier / Toulouse - France

Environmental prize
À VOS BRIQUES !
Marine MANCHON
Barcelona - Spain

OSCILLATIONS
Vincent BIZOT & Nicolas BOUCHER
Paris / Strasbourg - France

COURS TOUJOURS
Clarisse CHEUNG
Paris - France
KIRIGAMI FLAME
Luis MENENDEZ SANCHEZ
Quito - Ecuador
POLYRYTHMA COLOMNA
Julien BLATTEAU
Marseille- France
DIVAGATIONS
Collectif LEM : Elsa COLIN, Marc EL SAMRANI & Lydia AMARA
Nice / Paris / Montpellier - France
L'ÂME MIROIR
Collectif plus : Alexander VIC, Esther LESNICKI-MILGROM & Marie ALBOUY
Paris - France
PRÉLUDE
Kollektiv Von Null : Jannis SCHIEFER, David BIEGL, Lucia NEUMANN, Inês ABREU, Salvatore BULLARA &Theresa NOEKE
Germany / Austria

FAV 2024

18th edition in Montpellier
June 11-16, 2024, in Montpellier
11 projects and 2 new courtyards
26 architects
13,000 visitors
30 mediators

About the FAV

FAV is organized by Montpellier-based architects Elodie Nourrigat and Jacques Brion.

The Festival des Architectures Vives seeks to answer to the evolution of architectural practice which, by integrating all domains related to its culture, no longer hesitates to assert itself through realizations. “Lively Architectures” are short-lived and evolutionary by nature; localized, registered in a short temporality, and conceived of for a specific place.

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For more information

www.festivaldesarchitecturesvives.com/

Media contact

Association Champ Libre
Festival of Living Architectures
communication@festivaldesarchitecturesvives.com
+334 67 92 51 17

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