Séminaire Habiter/Hortence #3 “Ecology and Development Work. The case of Yona Friedman”
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hortence is the research centre for Architectural History, Theory and Criticism of the Faculty of Architecture La Cambre-Horta of the Université libre de Bruxelles
Dans le cadre de la 3ème édition du séminaire de recherche “Architecture for the Third-World: a critique” organisé par les centres de recherche Hortence/Habiter à l’ULB, Frederike Lausch (Prof. ENSA Grenoble) viendra présenter le 16 mars 2026 à 16h30 à la White Room (bibliothèque de la faculté d’architecture, Flagey) son travail de recherche en cours sur le travail de l’architecte Yona Friedman:
The case study of Yona Friedman’s work in the 1970s and 1980s demonstrates that architectural discourses on ecology cannot be understood separately from engagement in development contexts. In particular, self-help manuals reveal a continuum of adaptation and negotiation: from more countercultural manuals aimed at Western audiences, to supposedly “universal” manuals commissioned by large intergovernmental organizations such as UNESCO and UNU, and finally to site-specific manuals addressing ecological issues, produced by local actors in the regions concerned.
Figure : Cover of Friedman’s book Alternatives énergétiques. Ou la civilisation paysanne modernisée, 1982.