FAIRE is the first accelerator of architectural projects and urban design. FAIRE explores the practices and innovative processes of manufacturing of the city.
FAIRE accelerates the implementation of prototypes scale 1 in Grand Paris, supports and values the applied research, assists the initiatives and facilitate the implementation of experimental practices.
FAIRE
FAIRE is the first accelerator of architectural projects and urban design. FAIRE explores the practices and innovative processes of manufacturing of the city.
FAIRE accelerates the implementation of prototypes scale 1 in Grand Paris, supports and values the applied research, assists the initiatives and facilitate the implementation of experimental practices.
FAIRE accelerates the implementation of prototypes scale 1 in Grand Paris, supports and values the applied research, assists the initiatives and facilitate the implementation of experimental practices.
June 2026
Traduire : architecture
What is architecture—in your language? Twenty-five architects answered this question. This editorial project, led by Katie Filek and Marc-Antoine Durand, explores the diversity of contemporary conceptions of architecture through translation.
February 2026
These Women Who Build
For the first phase of their project, Isabelle Swiderski and Francesca Bonesio are calling for submissions to find these women who are building in France. Participate by filling out the form on the page.
November 2025
Open construction site
In Fontenay-sous-Bois, facing the Bois de Vincennes, the architects and craftspeople of Anatomies d’Architecture supervised five participatory building sites for the construction of a bioclimatic family home.
May 2026
Vernaculaire métropolitain?
Margaux Darrieus’s research documents a study conducted in architectural firms and on construction sites in the Greater Paris area, exploring what—and who—guides the design and execution of details in new multi-family housing projects.
November 2025
Geography of the invisible
This study seeks to understand how digital platform delivery workers occupy public space, examining spatial, social, and political invisibility to uncover patterns of urban exclusion and propose inclusive measures.
September 2025
Stories of urban ecology
The ZéRA association presents an exhibition tracing two years of research and action around access to land and urban ecology rooted in the suburbs. Past, present, and future culture of fruit trees, reflections on fair food and urban agriculture, imaginations of the garden of the future... Come celebrate and share your dreams of nourishing cities!
April - August 2025
Les mots sauvages
Anne-Sophie Gouyen meets some of the pioneering architects and builders of the 70s. Discover the podcast about those who understood everything, but perhaps too soon.
June 2025
Rooftop gardens
The book celebrates the meeting of landscape and architecture, and brings together 19 European buildings that have been redesigned and analyzed on the basis of surveys, site visits and archival documents. This collection is dedicated to all those who wish to work towards the reconciliation of architecture and the living.
June 2025
En place !
Podcast on the place of young people in public spaces. In collaboration, the Collectif Etc and the Cuesta cooperative present the actions of living workshops and cultural urban planning carried out with young people from Clichy-sous-Bois, Sevran, and Montreuil, to raise their awareness of ecological issues.
May - July 2025
Earth of glass
At the 13th Biennale Internationale du Design de Saint-Étienne, Wilfried Becret presents his research project aimed at reclaiming waste from the glass industry and reintroducing it into a more virtuous cycle.
June 2025
Visit the Murat kitchen
The Murat kitchen is a project led by the Septembre architecture firm, which aims to test new ways of sharing under real-life conditions. Managed by the Aimé Cuisine association, the space welcomes building residents and local residents to cook, meet and eat well.
June - October 2025
Ideal school
Conceived and produced by the Magasins Généraux and the Pavillon de l'Arsenal, the exhibition “L'école idéale” invites us to reinvent the elementary school, whose architectural and pedagogical model has changed little in over a century. By exploring the innovative alternatives offered by architects, artists and designers, the exhibition invites us to reconsider educational and school concepts that are deeply rooted in the collective imagination.
