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Renovation of Le Magasin Électrique

by Atelier LUMA in collaboration with BC architects & studies, and Assemble

For 3 years, designer and filmmaker Alexandre Humbert followed the progress of the Magasin Électrique renovation project in the Parc des Ateliers, to build a narrative as accurate as possible to the experimental methodologies implemented by Atelier LUMA in collaboration with BC architects &…
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Wall of Salt By Atelier LUMA

The "Wall of Salt" project team looks back on four years of exploration and collaboration, to enhance the value of the salt resource and the know-how surrounding it. Salt is a staple of the Arlesian landscape and a core element of the local ecosystem. Its abundance makes it an important export…
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Renovation of Le Magasin Électrique

by Atelier LUMA in collaboration with BC architects & studies, and Assemble

For 3 years, designer and filmmaker Alexandre Humbert followed the progress of the Magasin Électrique renovation project in the Parc des Ateliers, to build a narrative as accurate as possible to the experimental methodologies implemented by Atelier LUMA in collaboration with BC architects &…
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Interview with Precious Okoyomon

"How are we building that awareness that we aren't separate from the Earth?"

The new commission from Precious Okoyomon entitled Quadrophonic Playground, Exploding Hearts, Errant Roots (Archatinidae) is at the center of The Impermanent Display II. This sculpture that includes a terrarium of soft black-tinted glass, houses specimens of Archachatina marginata, a snail species…
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The Rural World; Site and Model for Knowledge Sharing

Gianfranco Baruchello

In this interview conducted by Hans Ulrich Obrist, artistic advisor of LUMA Arles, Gianfranco Baruchello sketches a portrait of the Agricola Cornelia, a farm he founded in 1973 as an artistic, economic and agricultural project: a place where art, politics and life can coexist.
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Case study: Circular Economy Startups: Opportunities, Challenges and Needs - Examples from Egypt

Heba Labib

Over the past 5 to 7 years, Egypt has seen extraordinary growth, particularly in the construction sector. In a country where 100 million people live, 20% of them in Cairo, new reforms and actions were essential to relieve the cities and particularly the capital. In this context, the start-up…
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Round table: Recompose, with what Resources?

Jean-Baptiste Fressoz, Guillaume Pitron, Philippe Bihouix

For many years, the international scientific community has been drawing attention to the need for an energy transition. In this video, Philippe Bihouix, Jean-Baptiste Fressoz and Guillaume Pitron raise some questions on the subject to which answers remain unclear. Will we succeed in meeting the…
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Conference: Geopolitic of Rare Metals

Guillaume Pitron

The geopolitics of rare metals is naturally at the heart of the challenges of the energy transition. Today, solar panels, wind turbines and electric cars are gradually replacing coal- and oil-fired power plants and conventional cars. But these technologies require a huge production of metals when…
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Conference: Energy: a Story without Transition

Jean-Baptiste Fressoz

Faced with environmental concerns, we are hearing more and more about "ecological transition". This expression refers to the transition from the current mode of energy consumption and production - which uses mainly non-renewable energy sources - to a more sustainable model based on the use of…
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Audrey Bourolleau: "We’ll have to find innovative solutions I order to feed ourselves healthily and sustainably."

What is important right now? What is our collective responsibility towards the future? Can we remain optimistic about the future? In this video, Audrey Bourolleau, founder of the HECTAR agricultural campus, answers these questions as part of LUMA Days 5.
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