Les partenaires du projet européen Versus Plus heritage for people lancent un appel à participation dans le cadre du concours et de l’exposition « Art and Crafts for the Future of Tradition » qui aura lieu à Formentera du 23 au 29 mars 2023.
Cet appel s’adresse à tous artistes et artisans dont le travail allie art et tradition (culture locale, matériaux et techniques locaux, architecture traditionnelle et vernaculaire, rapport au lieu, valeurs de la tradition pour le monde contemporain).
Earth, as a building material, played an important role in making possible the development of the ancient kingdoms along the Nile Valley from its earliest periods. However, this outstanding earthen heritage remains poorly known, while its resulting archaeological assets are increasingly threatened due to neglect, human activities, as well as by climatic and ecological changes (e.g., heavy rains, dam construction, extension of cultivation areas, soil salinisation), etc.
The hypothesis of the ANR Nile’s Earth project is that specific solutions are needed to effectively preserve and protect this heritage. Its aim is to explore the potential of multidisciplinary approaches for a better identification and knowledge of these earthen archaeological remains, the assessment of their state of conservation, and the definition of adapted and sustainable conservation methods and techniques. The assumption is that, to be relevant, conservation protocols must rely on a thorough knowledge of ancient building techniques and materials, as well as the original building culture.
Within this framework, the Nile’s Earth International Conference aims at stimulating an international debate towards better characterisation and long-term management of earthen architecture of the ancient Nile Valley, including potential lessons to be learnt to address some of the current concerns for a more sustainable development.
Researchers from different backgrounds and disciplines are invited to share their own experiences, issues and results on the three main themes of the conference which will be the basis for discussions towards a better knowledge, recognition and valorisation of this outstanding heritage of Egypt and Sudan in accordance with international standards and recommendations.
SCIENTIFIC THEMES
THEME 1
Archaeology, Architecture and Building cultures 1.1 History of earthen architecture: origins, evolutions, technological breakthroughs and continuity 1.2 Typologies, functions and uses 1.3 Building techniques, practices and know-how in their historical, environmental and cultural context 1.4 Building design, systems and metrology 1.5 Construction site organisation: production chains, manufacturing processes, workforce, etc. 1.6 Ethnoarchaeology and vernacular traditions 1.7 Ancient maintenance and rehabilitation practices
THEME 2
Raw and Building materials 2.1 Characterisation of building materials 2.2 Material analysis (laboratory and field) and protocols 2.3 Geoarchaeological and environmental analyses 2.4 Physico-technical analysis 2.5 Archaeobotanical analysis
THEME 3
Conservation, Valorisation and Management 3.1 Threats, circumstances and processes of decay; impact of climatic change 3.2 Condition survey protocols 3.3 Preventive conservation 3.4 Green conservation practices 3.5 Reconstruction: potential and limits with regard to international standards 3.6 Planning, management, community engagement
SELECTION PROCESS
Abstracts can be submitted for a paper or a poster. Abstracts will be peer-reviewed by the Scientific Committee resulting in a selection of about 40 papers to be completed before their oral presentation during the conference. All papers and posters will be in English. All oral presentations will be held live and on-site and only after registration. The selected papers will be published in the conference proceedings.
Ce travail de post-doctorat s’inscrit dans le cadre du projet CDP LIFE financé par l’Idex UGA (80% du temps de travail).
*L’objectif de ce projet est d’optimiser les trajectoires de santé en comprenant et en intégrant l’impact du style de vie, de l’architecture, de l’urbanisme et de l’environnement socio-économique. Plus de 50% de la population âgée de plus de 50 ans souffre d’au moins deux maladies chroniques (« multimorbidité »). L’agrégation au cours de la vie de ces maladies chroniques dessine des trajectoires de santé originales, modulées par des déterminants environnementaux et socio-économiques. Le projet LIFE intègre l’impact de ces modulateurs des trajectoires de santé pour comprendre de manière innovante les transitions conduisant de la multimorbidité au cancer.
Le travail demandé portera sur :
– La collecte et compilation de données environnementales et urbaines à l’échelle de la métropole grenobloise
– La caractérisation des différents types d’espaces urbains en fonction de leurs caractéristiques physiques afin de les confronter aux statistiques médicales
– La cartographie raisonnée de différents secteurs
– La participation à l’élaboration d’un état de l’art sur les questions de santé dans l’environnement urbain.
Prenant acte du retour du modèle des garden cities outre-Manche, ce programme de recherche porté et financé par le LabEx AE&CC a pour objectif d’interroger les raisons qui expliquent la mobilisation contemporaine de ce précédent daté de la fin du 19ème siècle. Il s’agit en particulier de questionner la capacité du modèle à apporter des réponses à la crise du logement et à contribuer à la transition énergétique. Le travail demandé portera sur la réalisation d’une série de cartes historiques des garden cities de Letchworth et Welwyn.
Compétences requises
– Formation de troisième cycle avec doctorat dans l’une des disciplines suivantes : géographie / aménagement / urbanisme / architecture
– Parfaite maîtrise des langues française et anglaise, nécessaire pour le travail sur les différents corpus scientifiques et pour la communication avec les partenaires internationaux.
– Très bonne maîtrise des outils des systèmes d’information géographiques (en particulier QGIS) et les outils de DAO (en particulier Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator et InDesign).
– Capacités d’analyse, de synthèse et de rédaction
– Capacités organisationnelles (organisation administrative, gestion de projet…)
– Capacité à travailler dans un environnement collaboratif (local et transnational)
– Autonomie et sens de l’initiative
Cadre
Le chercheur travaillera au Laboratoire Cultures Constructives au sein de l’Unité de Recherche (LabEx) Architecture, Environnement & Cultures Constructives.
Son travail se développera en étroite collaboration avec les chercheurs AE&CC impliqués dans le CDP LIFE, ainsi qu’avec les autres laboratoires et partenaires impliqués dans ce projet.
Base de rémunération à plein-temps (100%) :
Rémunération nette mensuelle : 2 000 €, selon expérience et profil
Durée du contrat : 12 mois, à partir du début juillet 2017
Planners, urban designers and other professionals involved in place-making have for a number of years been practicing in the face of a wide range of environmental, social and economic issues, many of which are regularly referred to as “unprecedented” – climate change, the housing crisis, urban sprawl to name but a few.
This special issue of the Journal of Urbanism seeks to address the use of precedents in contemporary design theory, practice and education in a context of supposed unprecedented change and challenges.
It is well-known that the use of precedents in the design process is widespread and that precedents are a key component of designers’ knowledge. In a letter written in 1986 for the Harvard Architectural Review, Colin Rowe famously claimed: “I can never begin to understand how it is possible to attack or to question the use of precedent. Indeed, I am not able to comprehend how anyone can begin to act (let alone to think) without resorting to precedent”.
Planners and urban designers alike often look for inspiration in prior ideas, projects, plans and practices, not least because these precedents are believed to have been successful in the past. Precedents are sometimes copied, but they are most often used a starting point: as part of the problem-solving process, designers are expected to enrich precedents, thereby generating new ones, to which subsequent designs will most likely refer to. However, when a new situation arises, the range of available precedents is narrower. The extent to which a given precedent may contribute to addressing current unprecedented issues may therefore be questioned. This is not to say that precedents should no longer be used, rather it implies that the way in which they are used may be subject to greater scrutiny.
Possible paper topics include:
Contributions to advancing precedent theory in urban planning and design, particularly in the face of unprecedented contexts and uncertainty
Case studies of precedent use in which uncertainty has been fed into the design process
Analysis methods for precedents, in particular those using diagrams
The reinterpretation and transformation of precedents to cater for unprecedented situations • Challenges to the use of precedents in design theory, practice and education
Transdisciplinary approaches to the use of precedents
The use of precedents in recent new urbanism projects
The use of precedents in the design studio
The journal welcomes papers from multiple geographies, perspectives and scales, with various methodological approaches. It encourages papers that investigate the use of precedents in an era of unprecedented change from different angles, including theory, application, practice implications and education.
On the “Details and comments” page, check “yes” under “Is the manuscript a candidate for a special issue?” In the box, enter “Unprecedented” as the special issue title. The review process typically takes 4-6 months.
We insist on high quality peer review and strive for a minimum of three reviews for each paper.