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Deconstructing demolition

Physical location
Exhibition Gallery - ENSAPLV, 144 avenue de Flandre, 75019 Paris

© Alban Gervais

DOCUMENT – LUTTER – AGIR

Initiated by the student association La Vill’Verte, the exhibition is a continuation of the thinking behind HouseEurope! and occupies the exhibition gallery at ENSA Paris-la Villette, resonating with the school’s characteristic territory and commitment.

With global awareness of the scarcity of resources and growing inequalities, the choice of demolition is questionable, given the disproportionate financial, environmental and social impact.

And yet, housing demolition is a global, silent and violent phenomenon that takes place all over Europe. Hundreds of thousands of homes are quietly demolished every year as part of urban renewal projects, social housing projects or private development projects.

Associations, the protagonists of resistance, use a variety of means to confront this system, which constantly undermines social justice and the right to housing. From demonstrations to legislative proposals, collectives such as Stop Démolitions, DAL, APPUII and, more recently, HouseEurope! are making their voices heard on the value of what exists, challenging the foundations of the dominant linear economic system.
  

Curated and produced by: Association étudiante la Vill’Verte – Ivan Le Hir and Nathan Oriou, Laure Navarro and Pauline Lafargue, graduate architects at ENSAPLV, and teachers Angélique Chedemois, senior lecturer at TPCAU, and Louis Destombes, associate lecturer at TPCAU.

Art direction and graphic design : Alban Gervais

Exhibition open Monday to Friday, 10am to 7pm, Saturday 10am to 6pm, except Monday April 6 (closed for Easter Monday). Free admission.

Opening on Tuesday, March 24, 2026 at 6:30pm.

Download the full program3/30/2026 - Pdf file - 1.37 Mo

PROGRAM OF SCREENINGS IN THE EXHIBITION

  • The Great Together (2025 – 20 minutes). By Docar : Rocio Calzado-Lopez and Jasper Meurer. 10 a.m. / 1 p.m. / 3:30 p.m.
  • The Islanders (2021 – 59 minutes). By Maxime Faure and Adam Pugliese. 10:20 a.m. / 1:20 p.m. / 3:50 p.m.
  • Power to Renovation – A Question of Values (2024 – 37 minutes – vostfr) By House Europe and Station+ With Charlotte Malterre-Barthes, Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal. 11:20 am / 2:20 pm / 4:50 pm
  • Renovation Stories (2024 – 20 minutes – vostfr). By House Europe and Station. 12h / 15h / 17h20
    – Become Your Own Client, Stadthaus (Linz, AT) by MIA2 (2024 – 04:24 minutes). By Vivienne Mächler, Tassilo Meyer, Lucas Steurer.
    – Remain Visible – M27 (Mimizan, FR) by BAST (2024 – 05:08 minutes). By Samuel Dafflon, Silvio Gonçalves, Driton Hasanaj.
    – Sleeping Giants – Cosmopolitan (Brussels, BE) (2024 – 05:20 minutes). By Reto Kluser, Loris Müller, Julian Pauchard.
    – Dutch The Wrecking Ball – De Voortuinen (Amsterdam, NL) (2024 – 05:52 minutes). By Charis Gersl, Jule Jünger, Julia Tanner.
  • ZA RENOWACJĄ: PRZECIW ROZBIÓRCE / For Renovation: Against Demolition (2025 – 28 minutes – vostfr). By Aleksandra Wasilkowska and Karolina Padło. 12:20 pm / 3:20 pm / 5:40 pm

A series of events takes place around the exhibition:
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GUIDED TOURS

  • From March 24 to April 15, 2026, every Tuesday and Thursday at 12:00 pm, and every Saturday at 11:00 am and 1:00 pm.
  • Free visit, registration required.
  • Maximum capacity: 20 people

For a specific guided tour on request, please contact the La Vill’Verte student association by e-mail: lavillverte@gmail.com
  

AND ALSO

To be discovered on the same subject from March 27 to April 30 at the Callot gallery of the École nationale supérieure Paris-Malaquais:
“Building Laws”, an exhibition produced by the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA)
1 rue Jacques Callot, 75006 Paris
  

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