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Céline Marty: "Thinking technocritical architecture with André Gorz and Ivan Illich: back to raw earth and low-tech energies?"

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Amphi 302 - ENSAPLV, 144 avenue de Flandre, 75019 Paris

Conference open to all, organized by teacher Benoît Rougelot as part of the CCI 801 “Raw materials and short circuits” course (M1).

How can the technocriticism of André Gorz and Ivan Illich in the 1970s inspire current architectural practices? By explaining their analyses and concepts (critique of growth, heteronomous and convivial tools, community autonomy and self-management of needs), we will then consider alternatives: reuse and raw-earth construction, low-tech energy systems, frugal and resilient solutions adapted to territories, self-management of energy needs.

Biographical details
Céline Marty is an associate professor and doctor of philosophy. Based on her doctoral research on André Gorz, she has published Découvrir Gorz (Editions Sociales, 2025) and L’Écologie libertaire d’André Gorz (PUF, 2025). She examines the history of ideas about work and political ecology in Travailler moins pour vivre mieux (Dunod, 2021) and Ce que la gauche doit à l’écologie (PUF, 2025).
Her current research focuses on the ecological transformations of work, through a survey and a podcast.

Access the META podcast, hosted by Céline Marty

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