10th edition – October 2024
The power of materials
This series of conferences & Round Table explores the meaning of materials in a thousand ways, inviting us to reflect on their potential for innovation, their intrinsic properties, their provenance, their manufacturing process and their sustainability. Why does an architect, interior architect or designer choose a particular material? What challenge(s), what feat(s), what impact(s) are being sought? What is life like for materials in 2023? Immerse yourself in a fascinating world where creativity, technology, sustainability and emotion meet.
Round Table
Tuesday 15 October – 13.15pm – 14pm
Architecture and design at a time of creative engagement
Making do with what’s already there, calling on bio-sourced materials, making re-use the rule, favouring natural, recycled, recyclable or the most renewable materials… resources and materials are at the heart of design and are at the forefront of contemporary concerns. Creativity and responsibility combine for the best in design and architecture.
Speakers:
Olivier Lekien, Architect and founder, ATELIER OLK
Clémence Miray, Co-founder, Chaise_au_Carré
Julie Pariset, Directrice Innovation et RSE, Alliance for European Flax-Linen & Hemp
Discussion
Tuesday 15th October – 2.15pm – 3pm
Faster! Higher! Stronger! The Games’ springboard for materials
Illustrating the responsible innovation of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, SSE companies and their materials have left their mark on the aesthetics of the Olympic venues. Le Pavé®, which made the seats for the Olympic swimming pool and the podiums from recycled plastic, seized the opportunity to show the world that it was possible to give meaning and use to waste while offering a unique identity to the competition venues.
Speakers:
Marius Hamelot, CEO, Le Pavé®
Round Table
Tuesday 15 October – 3.15pm – 4pm
The super graphic power of materials
Sobriety and muted tones, bold graphic shapes, vivid colours, soft, smooth or rough surfaces – materials multiply the possibilities by playing on their superpowers to soothe us, surprise us, and take us with them wherever our senses take us. But what are the real powers of materials? How do designers and architects work with and experiment with the palette of possibilities?
Speakers:
Louise Richard, Textile designer
Ghalia Sebti, Aït Manos
Coralie Camarassa Ferreira & Maud Péneau, Bleu Cobalt
Table ronde
• Tuesday 15 October – 4.15pm – 5pm
AI calls reason: architecture in the age of a new form of intelligence
If artificial intelligence is revolutionising the profession of architect and designer, what about the relationship between AI and materials? Could new forms of intelligence solve the problem of dwindling resources or help architects make the best choice of material in the right place? Is this a real or false good idea? What room is there for algorithms? Should we be afraid of them or think along with them?
Speakers:
Quentin Hirsinger, President, MateriO’
Sylvain Quidant, Founder and CEO, COGITECH
+ speakers to be confirmed
Round Table
Tuesday 15 October – 5.15pm – 6pm
Feelings: well-being and materials
What role do materials and the choice of materials play in ensuring the good health and peace of mind of the users of these spaces? How do architects, designers and interior architects play with materials and our emotions?
Speakers:
Chloé Nègre, founder and director, Studio Chloé Nègre
Ronan Le Grand, co-fondateur, Corpus Studio
Konrad Steffensen, co-fondateur, Corpus Studio
Maud Caubet, Founding architect, Maud Caubet Architectes
Presentation
Tuesday 15 October – 6.13pm – 7pm
Presentation of special issue #1 – Wilmotte
Special issue #1 of FORMÆ magazine, devoted to the Wilmotte agency and its different project scales: from building architecture to interior architecture and the design of design pieces.
Speaker:
Jean-Michel Wilmotte, Founding architect, Wilmotte
Conference to registration, number of places limited.
Registration by e-mail: m.troivaux@bookstorming.com
Conference
Wednesday 16 October – 1.15pm – 2pm
Transforming spaces : how to design healthy housing
Designing and transforming housing means to insure that every space of the house or the flat is a healthy place, taking into account physical and mental well-being of its (future) inhabitant, thinking about providing light, air quality, comfort and the much-needed connection between in and oudoor… These fundamentals can combine with the best environmental performances. Feedback on VELUX experimentation.
Speakers:
Stéphanie Dubourg, National Prescription Manager, VELUX
+ speakers to be confirmed
Conference to registration, number of places limited.
Registration by e-mail: m.troivaux@bookstorming.com
Conference
Wednesday 16 October – 2.15pm – 3pm
Fire safety in timber construction
The design phase of a project is still the point at which most of the fire safety issues come into play, especially for timber constructions. There are a number of points to which the architect and operator must pay close attention later on (the position of the buildings, their exposure to the prevailing winds, the choice of façade systems, and other elements that are often overlooked, such as the location of premises at risk, etc.). How do architects incorporate fire prevention into their projects? What construction issues will the new regulations raise? Find out from our panel.
Speakers:
Olivier Douard, Head of property damage underwriting inspection, SMABTP
Stéphane Contal, Coordinator of the fire and panic risk prevention and assessment commission, Fédération nationale des sapeurs-pompiers de France (French national fire brigade federation)
Giovanni Salvador, Technical Director and Partner, DREAM Architecture
Conference to registration, number of places limited.
Registration by e-mail: m.troivaux@bookstorming.com
Round Table
• Tuesday 15 October – 3.15pm – 4pm
Transition: have publishers turned the corner?
The resource crisis, protecting biodiversity, changing buyer expectations? The world of furniture is in a state of turmoil as it moves towards more responsible practices and products. The proof is in the pudding with the presentation of Anagram, a vegan sofa made from recycled materials, the fruit of collaboration between Vitra and Panter&Tourron.
Speakers:
Jean-Philippe Cordina, Executive Creative Director, SAGUEZ & PARTNERS
Karin Gintz, Managing Director, Vitra France
Nina Ballay, Senior CMF Designer, Colour, Finishes, Textile & Sustainable Material, Vitra France
Conference to registration, number of places limited.
Registration by e-mail: m.troivaux@bookstorming.com
Round Table
Wednesday 16 October – 4.15pm – 5pm
The weight of detail, the impact of materials in the creation of spaces
The devil and beauty are in the detail. Using their talents and know-how, craftsmen, architects and designers think about, study and adjust the details to ensure magic, the arabesque of emotion, the depth of feeling. What role does detail play in giving a space its full dimension? Is the detail born from the material, or does the material find its raison d’être in the detail? What professionals have to say.
Speakers:
Cyrielle Leclère, P+L Studio
Anne-Sophie Duroyon-Chavanne, Managing Director, Institute for French Know-How
Daphné Desjeux, Founder, Atelier Daphné Desjeux
Round Table
Wednesday 16 October – 5.15pm – 6pm
Material monomania, a contagious passion
Is it possible to design on a large scale with a single material? Can a single material be a tool for playing with space, stimulating attention or the interplay of lines? Does the use of a single material call for the minimum or its opposite? Architects and interior designers are succeeding in blurring our reference points with a single material deployed over vast spaces. Is this a risky choice, or is it the best way to explore the scope for experimentation? Our experts have the answer.
Speakers:
Pauline Leprince, Architect and Designer, Studio Pauline Leprince
Loumi Le Floc’h, Founder, Precious Peels
+ speakers to be confirmed
Round Table
Wednesday 16 October – 6.15pm – 7pm
Launch of the book Les 101 mots des métiers d’art à l’usage de tous
The collective work Les 101 mots des métiers d’art à l’usage de tous, coordinated by Brigitte Flamand, whose 101 authors speak with passion, sometimes poetry and often as connoisseurs of this constellation of rare and exceptional crafts.
Speakers:
Brigitte Flamand, General Inspector of Design, Arts and Crafts, IGEN
+ speakers to be confirmed
Conference to registration, number of places limited.
Registration by e-mail: m.troivaux@bookstorming.com