In this Com d'Archi, through the voice of Esther, discover the festival ‘Utopies Constructives’ (Constructive Utopias) and its realisation: a thirteen meters long wicker footbridge. This footbridge was realised with the collective ‘Construire l’Architecture’ (Constructing Architecture).

Founded in 2019 by Marc Hymans, Geoffrey Clamour, Priscillia Jorge and Camille Sineau from ‘BETA’ (Bureau for Experimental Architecture) and Benjamin Marolleau from the cultural center ‘La Teinturerie’, the festival is dedicated to innovation and research in architecture and construction. It takes place in Richelieu, the city named after Cardinal Richelieu who had it built on the model of the ideal city. Thus, the wicker footbridge project not only aims to embody the researches on resource preservation and new building techniques but also to reopen this historic site to its inhabitants. The bridge will be raised over the Mable canal in the park Richelieu, offering new paths into the garden. Its design combines traditional basketry techniques with new technology since its weaving was calculated with the BAYA algorithm. A tool that can predict the ideal braiding for structural shell for architecture.

Listen to this innovative project, at the frontier of architecture, engineering, art and history.

Image teaser DR © Utopies Constructives

Sound engineering : Julien Rebours

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