Agoras contemporaines

Architecture
Essay

Lambert Dousson

From the Occupy and Maidan movements in historic city squares around the world to the Yellow Vest occupation of roundabouts in France, from the welcoming of migrants in Calais to the fight against substandard housing in Marseille, a single democratic aspiration finds its expression in public space. Artists, designers, architects, urban planners, geographers(...)

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From the Occupy and Maidan movements in historic city squares around the world to the Yellow Vest occupation of roundabouts in France, from the welcoming of migrants in Calais to the fight against substandard housing in Marseille, a single democratic aspiration finds its expression in public space. Artists, designers, architects, urban planners, geographers, sociologists, and philosophers—the authors gathered in this book—defend this shared conviction: far from being in crisis, contemporary public space is, on the contrary, demonstrating great vitality.

Already published in the same collection :

Le Chanvre, matière à transitions

La Fabrique à écosystèmes

Paysages variations

Machines de guerre urbaines

Biomimétisme

Datalogie

Reduce

Agoras contemporaines, 14×21 cm, 144 pages, 50 black and white reproductions, paperback, ISBN 978-2-843140-25-9
Graphic design: Danish Pastry Design
Co-published with the École nationale supérieure d’art de Dijon

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Contributors

Jean-Pierre Bouanha, Neil Brenner, Jean-Pierre Charbonneau, Étienne Delprat, Lambert Dousson, Nilüfer Göle, Louise Guillot, Antoine Hennion, Andy Merrifield, Laurent Viala, Mathieu Zimmer