Two days during which to rediscover the last fifty years and to imagine the fifty to come: Visualise Paris and Greater Paris -Grand Paris- 1967 I 2017 I 2067.
Created in 1967 Apur has for 50 years assisted Parisian and metropolitan urban policy makers; both by observing the transformation of the city and its surrounding towns from a privileged standpoint and by being actively committed to informing people about future projects. Celebrating its 50th anniversary with the association’s 25 member partners, offers an opportunity to revisit our shared history and to visualise what is to come.
The anniversary will be celebrated around 3 events in partnership with the Pavillon de l’Arsenal:
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Opening 13th November : An Online Exhibition of Apur’s 50 years 50ans.apur.org
Visualise Paris and Grand Paris since 1967
5 periods, 50 events, 10,000 digitalises archives which retrace and tell Apur’s story, the changes in Paris and Grand Paris.
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17th November at 5.30 p.m. a forward looking debate on 5 issues (on invitation only)
The metropolis as a resource, what can we produce?
The “post car” metropolis, how can we achieve it?
What services, what spaces within our 360 million m2?
The learning metropolis, what (r)evolutions?
7 million metropolitan citizens, and me and me and the others?
The event will be attended by Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris, Michel Cadot, Prefect of the Ile-de-France Region and Prefect of Paris and Patrick Ollier, Chairman of the Council of Métropole du Grand Paris.
Practical Information : Pavillon de l’Arsenal, 21 boulevard Morland 75004 Paris
Métro : Sully-Morland or Bastille (lines 1-5-7-8)
Buses : 87, 86, 67
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18th November from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.: a series of conferences “Paris - Grand Paris 1967 | 2017 | 2067”
Key architects from each period will be present and questioned by young architects, landscape architects and urbanists who are award winners of “Albums des Jeunes Architectes Paysagistes and Urbanistes”.
1967/1983 A New Vision of Paris
with Leonor Coutinho and Jean-Louis Subileau
1983/2001 The City Makes a Come Back
with Christiane Blancot, Françoise Grether and Nathan Starkman
2001/2024 A Sustainable City, the Olympic Ambition
with Dominique Alba and Patricia Pelloux
2024/2067 The Metropolitan Future
with Jean-Louis Missika and Carlos Moreno
Practical Information : Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Please confirm your attendance by email.
21 boulevard Morland 75004 Paris
Métro : Sully-Morland ou Bastille (lines 1-5-7-8)
Buses : 87, 86, 67
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18th November from 2.30p.m. to 5.30p.m. : Parisian and Metropolitan urban walks organised in partnership with the association “Les Promenades Urbaines”
Enroll on www.promenades-urbaines.com
From Gare de Lyon train station to Charenton: Changes on the Right Bank of the River Seine
From the Bassin de la Villette lake to Pont de Bondy bridge: The Canal from the XX to XXI century
Renovation and Redefinition of Spaces.
From Clichy-Batignolles to the Saint-Ouen Docks: Exemplary Environmental Urban Projects
Disused Industrial Sites, Urban Redevelopment and Setting an Environmental Example.
From André Citroën Park to Georges Brassens Park: A Story about Repossessing Disused Industrial Sites
