Collection «AAA…»

Mid-range mountains are at the forefront of the climate and habitability crisis that we are currently experiencing.

Global warming is occurring twice as fast in these areas as anywhere else. The consequences are clear and implacable: the disappearance of snow and its economic corollary, which is undermining the momentum built up during the post-war boom and the investments made under the “plans neige” (snow plans).

What can therefore be done with the infrastructure and buildings – the common architectural heritage of the twentieth century? Are they doomed to be abandoned or disappear?

This book tells the story of an experience that is simultaneously educational, human, technical and foward-looking. The experience of the Hôtel des Deux-Sœurs on the Col de l’Arzelier and its possible rehabilitation, dreamt up by a team taking part in the Solar  Decathlon Europe 2021-2022 competition.

A “full-scale” and hands-on experiment, carried out with the support of the Grands Ateliers Innovation Architecture, which proves that teaching, research and practice can “re-make” architecture and re-think architectural practice. The teachers and researchers at the École nationale supérieure d’architecture in Grenoble have long been  committed to an experiential approach to teaching at university level, transforming territories in crisis into territories of possibilities that are “just waiting” to be invented.

Collection «AAA…»
Collection “AAA…” (architecture, urbanism, landscape…) highlights the most appropriate spatial responses to the crisis of habitability, the finitude of resources of resources, and severe climatic hazards, increased attention to global metabolism and social justice. It unfolds through three modes of action: practice, research and teaching.

Authors
Carine Bonnot, DPLG architect (Silo architectes), Doctor of Urban Planning and lecturer at the École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Grenoble (Ensag)
Christophe de Tricaud, architect (Atelier Anthropos).
Pascal Rollet, architect (Lipsky + Rollet architectes),Professor of Architecture at the École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Grenoble (Ensag), member of the Archi- tecture, Environment & Building Cultures (AE&CC) research unit
Jennifer Buyck, architect by training, Professor of Urban Planning at Gustave Eiffel University and Deputy Director of Lab’URBA.

Format: 16,1 × 22,75 cm
Pages: 288
ISBN: 978–2–919380–79-4
Release: 2024
Languages: English, French
Domains: Architecture, Urbanism, Landscape
Price: €28.00

Graphic design: Éditions deux-cent-cinq
Typefaces: Cardone, Fátima Lázaro and Molitor, Matthieu Cortat, 205TF
Printing: Imprimerie Ott, Wasselonne (67), France