ArtBuild was born in 1989 from the idea that the act of building requires equal attention to creativity (art) and technical mastery (build), in order to design living spaces that are respectful of the environment and conducive to individual and collective fulfilment.
With a wealth of expertise built up over time and through a number of projects, ArtBuild is now a collective of architects active in all sectors of the construction industry, united by the same humanist philosophy and the same values of tolerance and ethics.
The environmental and social challenges we face on a global scale are driving the construction industry to innovate and to better understand subjects outside the traditional realm of fine art and engineering.
"AB Lab, the research and development laboratory of the architectural firm ArtBuild, was created with the aim of developing innovative approaches to architectural practice and creating bridges with the living world.
The notions of ecological footprints, ecosystem services and the positive anthropocene encourage us to consider nature - or the biosphere - and the urban fabric as a symbiotic continuum.
By working with academics, industry, materials specialists and contractors, applied research is made possible despite the demands of the construction schedule and the barriers of compliance.
Bio-adapted design is now bearing fruit. Three research projects are coming to fruition, dealing in particular with the subjects of biodiversity, biosourced materials and biomimicry.
CLIMATE CITY is the first global system dedicated to the adaptation of the world's major cities to local climate risks.
CLIMATE CITY IS AT THE HEART OF TWO MAJOR CHALLENGES OF THE 21st CENTURY:
The climate economy
Urban demography
With the ability to permanently observe the urban climate,
CLIMATE CITY aims to anticipate pollution, natural disasters and heat islands in urban areas.
According to the IPCC, one third of Bangladesh is at risk from rising sea levels.
Placed on the water, this structure is built to respond to the various environmental problems of the country. It guarantees safety, comfort and durability. Entirely built in bamboo, the structure is inspired by the mangroves that protect the coastline from erosion and rising waters. The project aims to offer the inhabitants a new living environment, respectful of their culture and environment.
Loïs Tavernier
As an architect and designer, I am passionate about the marine world and contemporary constructions made from natural materials. Sensitive to climatic transformations, I would like through my work to enhance the cultures of each country while proposing new living environments adapted to our uses and respectful of the environment.
Loïs Tavernier's intervention at Biomim'expo 2019 :
Soletanche Bachy is the world leader in foundations and soil technologies.
We offer the most comprehensive geotechnical package on the market: deep foundations, reinforcement, waterproofing and soil treatment, retaining walls, civil engineering, soil improvement and tunnels.
Intervention at Biomim'expo 2020 to present "Biocalcis®", calcifying bacteria. By Annette ESNAULT FILET, Project Manager.
Annette ESNAULT-FILET is the Biocalcis Development Manager in the Technical Department of Soletanche Bachy International.
On 20 October at Biomim'expo, she will present the development of the Biocalcis process for soil reinforcement by biocalcification, describing the main R&D stages that led to the industrial process as it exists today.
The International Council on Biodiversity and Real Estate, CIBI, is the first meeting place for a new Biodiversity and Real Estate sector.
The CIBI is supported by the actors of the city, real estate and the living in the urban environment. Its aim is to promote urban biodiversity and the relationship between man and nature in the sectors of planning, construction and daily life within neighbourhoods and built-up areas. Biophilia plays a major role in the quality of life of city dwellers. CIBI's awareness-raising activities are aimed at both professionals and the general public.
CIBI promotes best practice in urban biodiversity during the planning, design, maintenance, occupation and enhancement of the built environment. The labels BiodivercityThese are the main tools serving a strong objective: to create places and living spaces that are exemplary in economic, socio-cultural and functional terms. At the neighbourhood level, it contributes to inventing and building a caring and resilient city.
Bocage urbain is a modular landscape design that proposes an alternative management of rainwater by creating a synergy between water and vegetation in the heart of the public space.
RAIN, A CHALLENGE FOR OUR TERRITORIES
While climate change is generating increases in rainfall in our temperate regions, the increasing urbanisation of our cities is reducing their natural infiltration capacities. 72.5% of French municipalities have already been confronted with at least one runoff flood. Faced with this situation, elected officials must now implement solutions to remedy flooding.
HOW TO REDUCE WATER CONGESTION IN CITIES?
The bocage landscape is a very efficient hydraulic system in the countryside. Adapting it to the urban environment is an opportunity to manage runoff water on a large scale while developing the territory in an aesthetic and ecological way.
Tangram is an architecture, urban planning and landscape agency, founded in 2009, bringing together 80 people of 15 different nationalities. Since November 2018, the agency has moved into the former headquarters of the Maritime Affairs Department located in the République district, in the Euroméditerranée sector, in the heart of Marseille.
The name of the agency is inspired by the game of Tangram, which is made up of elementary geometric shapes whose patient assembly and complementarity make sense by creating an infinite number of combinations.
The team is made up of seven divisions working closely together: Urban Planning, Landscape & Public Space, Housing, Hotel & Public Facilities, Tertiary & Industrial, Interior Architecture and Construction.
Three transversal specialities in Research & Innovation, BIM management and Timber architecture complete the team to ensure a constant progression of achievements. The diversity of employees and professions, the culture and sensitivity of each, and the cross-views on common subjects allow the concepts to be strengthened in the service of the project.
The agency's projects are based on a detailed analysis of the geographical, historical, social, urban, cultural and economic complexities in order to achieve accurate projects that are anchored in their site. Because these studies are useful to the people who form and animate a territory, the agency places the cursor in the service of the quality of life and the general interest. This commitment is expressed, in the agency's practice, through generosity, in order to design a meaningful living environment that respects people and territories.
Olivier Bocquet, director of Tangram Lab, received on Thursday 18 January 2018, the Jury's Favourite Award in the Innovation and Architecture for the Sea category of the Rougerie Foundation's international competition for its BiolumReef project.
The BiolumReef project, an eco-green inhabited reef, was designed in response to the weakening of the marine ecology of the Frioul Islands, an archipelago located in the Calanques National Park and the geographical epicentre of Marseilles, the world capital of the underwater world, which is currently threatened by a number of negative phenomena: various types of waste, uprooting of posidonia meadows, erosion of the coastline, multiple forms of pollution, etc.
To combat this fragility, BiolumReef offers a biomimetic response with a threefold objective: to preserve and spread marine biodiversity, to provide a place for exchange and to set up an eco-green cycle.
Olivier Bocquet's presentation at Biomim'expo 2019
Speech by Jacques Rougerie at the Biomim'expo 2018
Olivier Bocquet's speech at the Biomim'expo digital week 2020
The Biomim'City Lab is a working and prospective group led by a college of experts aiming to promote and intensify innovative collaborative approaches applying the principles and methodologies of biomimicry, in the service of the reinvention of virtuous, regenerative and resilient cities, inspired and designed by and for living things.
The social media of the building and sustainable city.
Construction21 is both a collaborative platform and an information portal for professionals in sustainable construction and cities. It has been designed to help develop new ways of building and renovating, thus accelerating the transition to a green building economy.
Launched in 6 countries in March 2012 by 9 European partners, it aims to cover 50 countries worldwide by 2020.
To act for a planetary awareness of the great stakes of the sea and space for the future of our civilizations.
ENCOURAGE THE BOLDNESS AND INNOVATION OF VISIONARIES. TO GIVE BIRTH TO VOCATIONS. TO GIVE THE NEW GENERATION THE OPPORTUNITY TO BLOSSOM
"Whatever one man is able to imagine, other men will be able to realise". Jules Verne
Under the honorary presidency of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, the Jacques Rougerie Foundation Génération Espace Mer was created in 2009, within the Institut de France.
To offer the younger generations the means to act so that they can, tomorrow, build a living environment that takes into account and values the planet's riches.
To promote awareness, sensitisation and action by all for the creation of a new relationship between man and his natural environment.
To create vocations, internationally and on a permanent basis.
To encourage boldness and innovation in architecture, technology and design, related to the worlds of the sea and space, according to the precepts of sustainable development.
IT IS FROM THE OCEAN AND SPACE THAT THE DESTINY OF FUTURE CIVILIZATIONS WILL BE BORN.
The exploration of the underwater world and of space are the two great human adventures of our time. They will shape our future.
The conquest of space has generated major discoveries with colossal scientific, political and financial implications. Transforming our daily lives, space technologies have given rise to thousands of innovations.
Covering 3/4 of our planet's surface, the oceans hold immense potential to enable us to meet the major challenges of the coming centuries. Many of the discoveries needed for the future of humanity are still immersed at the bottom of the oceans (pharmacological, energy and food solutions, etc.). As little explored as the space that surrounds us, this 6th continent will soon be the source of decisive innovations.
THE FOUNDATION'S AMBITIONS
To provide young generations with the means to act so that they could, tomorrow, build a living environment that takes into account and values the wealth of the planet.
To raise awareness, advocacy and action by all to create a new relationship between Man and his natural environment.
To create vocations internationally and on the long term.
To encourage architectural and technical boldness and innovation, as well as new designs related to the fields of the sea and space, according to the precepts of sustainable development.
IT IS FROM THE OCEAN AND FROM SPACE THAT WILL ARISE THE DESTINY OF CIVILISATIONS TO COME.
Exploring the underwater world and space are the two great human adventures of our time. They will determine our future.
The space conquest has generated major discoveries with scientific, political and financial stakes. Space technology has led us to thousands of innovations that transformed our daily lives.
Covering three quarters of our planet's surface, oceans hold tremendous potential to enable us to meet the major challenges of the next century. Much of the discoveries necessary for the future of humanity are still immersed in the deep ocean (pharmacological solutions, energy, food, etc..). As little explored as the space that surrounds us, this sixth continent will soon give rise to crucial innovations.
Jacques Rougerie
A visionary architect born in 1945, Jacques Rougerie combines his two passions, the sea and architecture. He bases his research and his creations on the principle of biomimetism, while taking into account sustainable development. He builds habitats, underwater laboratories, sea centres, transparent-hulled vessels, underwater museums and projects villages and places to live under the sea in order to make as many people as possible aware of the beauty and fundamental role of the sea in the great history of humanity.
In 2008 he was elected to the Institut de France - Académie des Beaux-Arts.
His flagship project, SeaOrbiter, is the synthesis of over 30 years of innovative research in the fields of marine and underwater architecture. He has always been inspired by the work of Jules Verne and has adopted his maxim:
Whatever one man is able to imagine, other men will be able to realise.
THE COMMITMENT OF JACQUES ROUGERIE AND THE FOUNDATION
"Throughout my life, I have given shape to my dreams and made them come true thanks to meetings with people who believed in my vision of a forward-looking architecture and helped me to implement it. Without their support, many of my projects would not have been possible. Today, it is my duty to help the new generations, to give them in turn the support they need to build the future. This is my commitment and that of the Jacques Rougerie Foundation dedicated to space and the sea... For it is from space and the ocean that the destiny of future civilisations will be born.
Jacques Rougerie, a visionary architect born in 1945,pursues his two passions, the Sea and architecture. He bases his research and the structures he builds on the principle of biomimicry, whilst taking sustainable development into account. Jacques Rougerie has built underwater habitats, laboratories, marine research centers, vessels with see-through hulls, subaquatic museums. He has designed underwater villages and structures to raise awareness on the beauty of the sea and its fundamental role in the great history of humanity.
He was elected in 2008 at the Institut de France - Academy of Fine Arts.
His latest marine project, SeaOrbiter, is a synthesis of more than 30 years of innovative research in marine and subsea architecture. Inspired by the imaginary work of Jules Verne, he has adopted his motto:
"Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.
THE COMMITMENT OF JACQUES ROUGERIE AND THE FOUNDATION
"Throughout my life I gave birth to my dreams thanks to encounters with men who helped me make them come true. Without their support, many of my projects would not have been possible. Today, it is my duty to help new generations so they can benefit from the support they need in order to build the future. It is my commitment and that of the Jacques Rougerie Foundation... As it is from space and the ocean that will emerge our civilisation's destiny "
Icade is an integrated real estate operator that designs innovative real estate products and services to meet new urban uses and lifestyles. With innovation and CSR at the heart of its strategy, Icade works closely with the players and users who make up the city - local authorities and residents, companies and employees, institutions and associations, etc. Icade combines investment in commercial and healthcare property with development to reinvent the property business and contribute to the emergence of the green, intelligent and responsible cities of tomorrow. Icade is a major player in Greater Paris and the regional metropolises. Icade is a listed company (SIIC) on Euronext Paris. Its main shareholders are the Caisse des Dépôts Group and Crédit Agricole Assurances.
At Icade, the men and women share the same ambition: to develop and plan intelligent, resilient and responsible cities.
This vision of the city of tomorrow is one that we are pursuing with local authorities and elected representatives, but also and above all with users, so that they can fully develop in their living and working environment.
This is why we are convinced that biomimicry is one of the most appropriate and innovative responses beyond sustainability and the well-being of the urban population. Inspired by the strategies developed by living organisms and ecosystems during the course of evolution, it involves rethinking urban systems, buildings and architecture. Beyond aesthetic inspiration, the intelligence of nature gives real estate the means to reinvent itself, particularly in the face of major new energy and ecological challenges.
Energy savings, better management of resources, optimisation of flows... Our conviction for a new approach to biomimicry: it is up to the city to reintegrate itself into the great natural cycles, and not the other way round.
Icade's commitment to biomimicry
Icade has joined forces with Ceebios through a partnership to co-construct real estate and urban ecosystems inspired by and with nature, which are more resilient, more economical, more efficient and always more pleasant to live in.
Icade is thus pursuing its commitment to serving the new uses and current and future needs of its fellow citizens by making biomimicry (a scientific approach that seeks to draw inspiration from living systems) a major focus for developing and planning authentic cities, places of well-being and harmony, cities that respect their history and heritage.
The objective is to initiate a co-innovation process with all academic, industrial and political stakeholders, with the aim of developing and experimenting with both technical and systemic applications of biomimicry in the design of the city and the real estate of the future.
Icade's institutional position, its leadership in innovation and CSR and its expertise as an integrated real estate operator will enable it to work with biomimicry and its stakeholders to contribute to scientific knowledge and to experiment with this innovative and virtuous approach to real estate design.
The Biomim'City Lab is a working and prospective group led by a college of experts aiming to promote and intensify innovative collaborative approaches applying the principles and methodologies of biomimicry, in the service of the reinvention of virtuous, regenerative and resilient cities, inspired and designed by and for living things.
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